[1276] in java-interest
Re: Java is not on its death-bed
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jim frost)
Mon Aug 28 16:34:03 1995
To: papresco@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Paul Prescod)
Cc: java-interest@java.sun.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 26 Aug 1995 12:59:52 EDT."
<199508261649.MAA01679@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 1995 13:09:10 -0400
From: jim frost <jimf@world.std.com>
|>Amen to that. In particular, the only thing I've heard regarding
|>Netscape is that they've "licensed" Java. Well, IBM "licensed"
|>NextStep, and never did anything with it. They were just hedging,
|>so they could be a player if it happened to take off. Netscape has
|>about a 70% share of the Web browser market; if they don't actually
|>use Java, it has no future.
|
|"Mosaic has about a 70% share of the Web browser market. If they don't
|actually support Tables, Tables will have no future." Sorry, I don't buy
|that for a second. I would put a cleaned-up Hot Java against Netscape
|Navigator any day. If Netscape decides not to move to Java, it will be
|their loss.
Remember that NetScape got their dominance through distribution
channels they will no longer be using.
Want to beat NetScape? Make something that performs at least as well
and give it away.
jim frost
jimf@world.std.com
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