[1281] in java-interest
Re: Java is not on its death-bed
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Prescod)
Mon Aug 28 17:52:55 1995
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 1995 14:42:09 -0400
To: jim frost <jimf@world.std.com>,
papresco@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Paul Prescod)
From: papresco@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Paul Prescod)
Cc: java-interest@java.sun.com
At 01:09 PM 8/28/95 -0400, jim frost wrote:
>|>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.
I agree 100%. Netscape is set up for a fall. Their market valuation is
2,000,000,000.00 and their primary product has free competitors that are
within spitting distance of being better products. (I am thinking, in
particular, of NCSA Mosaic for Windows)
Paul Prescod
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Quality software does not require 1,000,000,000.00 in adverstising.
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