[1161] in java-interest
The future of Java
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John D. Mitchell)
Fri Aug 25 05:49:11 1995
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 23:16:25 -0700
From: "John D. Mitchell" <johnm@emf2-003.emf.net>
To: Glen.Perkins@NativeGuide.com (Glen C. Perkins)
Cc: java-interest@java.sun.com
In-Reply-To: <v01510106ac5e23b8b9c3@[192.0.2.1]>
[Holy smokes! This sucker was send on Monday and it just got here!]
Glen C. Perkins writes:
[...]
> I find it worrying that the world's premier "internet company" is having
> such a hard time creating a usenet newsgroup for its new language. How many
> people at Sun know how to create a newsgroup? How much could Java matter to
> Sun's top management if the original request for discussion (RFD) timed out
> before anyone even tried a call for votes (CFV) and the process had to be
> restarted? (Has it been restarted? I still haven't seen it, but I could
> have missed it.)
[...A lot of damn good points...]
The second has finally gone out and has gotten *one* response as of right
this second. :-)
The first RFD was sent out by Jim Fleming who seems to have dropped off the
face of the earth.
Take care,
John
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