[1261] in java-interest
Re: The future of Java
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nelson Yu)
Mon Aug 28 06:54:50 1995
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 1995 00:28:20 -0600
To: java-interest@java.sun.com
From: nyu@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca (Nelson Yu)
Sandy(mideservices@almide.demon.co.uk) wrote,
>capable of Very Large Scale Self-extension. It's got Sun behind it, for
>Christ's sake. They're underdogs, like everyone else, to the grossly fat
>lumbering lord of the manor, with terrible goitre after dinner,
>MicroStuff. A Heathcliffe, for christ's sake.
>
According to the Fortune 500, Sun Microsystems is BIGGER(244 vs. 250) than
Microsoft.
Although Microsoft's market capitalization is worth approx. 40+ billion
while Sun is worth 4+ billion(but stock prices are based merely on demand).
Of course they are dwarfs to IBM, AT&T, Exxon, Ford, GM, etc..
With that in mind, I'd expect Sun to market and manage Java/HotJava better.
Is it because Sun is a hardware company who probably doesn't see much profit
potential in Java? After seeing HotJava for Win95, I'm not sure if it was a
good idea to release it so early, 'though I'm glad I'm not using that
version for long.
Why does Sun make those neat Windows/DOS(or Mac based demos) I see
Microsoft/Borland/Novell/Lotus do?
How about a few AVIs or QuickTime movies? You know, leave them DROOLing for
more..
P.S Who else other than me finds the AWT just a tad INADEQUENT for
stand-alone apps?
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