Ok, the Netscape lockup problem has been fixed.
The problem was that the stats server (ns8-stats.netscape.com) was no longer accessible and that was causing lockups and freezing.
Netscape apologizes for the problems and hopefully all this will be behind them shortly.
On another note, the "phone-home" code is being removed from future versions.
The lockup/freeze problem has been fixed. The stats function has been removed from the codebase and that means that all subsequent versions of 8.x including the upcoming release of 8.1.3 will not contain the feature.
Also, even though the stats server is back online, no data is actually being sent.
This fix was implemented Tuesday, February 20, 2007 8:46 am
So if it's Netscape that gives you that warm, fuzzy feeling have at it!
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