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Re: Sun OS4 ?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jayson Raymond)
Thu Jun 1 13:45:37 1995
To: java-interest@java.Eng.Sun.COM
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 95 09:27:03 -0500
From: Jayson Raymond <jraymond@connectsoft.com>
>From: Victor Lee \ Internet: (vilee@pollux.usc.edu) To:
java-interest@java.Eng.Sun.COM \ Internet: (java-interest@java.eng.sun.
com)
>
>Subject: Sun OS4 ?
>
>hi,
>
>does Java and Hotjava run on Sun OS4?
>
>[Moderator: Not yet. However, the port has been worked on by at least one
>external party and will certainly be made available in time. All systems
>available from Sun will be announced to >the mailing lists on java.sun.com
>and on our home pages.]
Anselm Baird-Smith has it up and running on SunOS4, while internally to Sun
an NT version is running.
Yet, only the Solaris version is available currently. So what gives?
Where does Sun make the return on investment in this technology? Licensing?
Or perhaps sales of HW and OS's to customers wanting to get into the Java
game early?
Now don't get me wrong, Sun has the right to do as they please with the
technology they've developed, and in fact has a responsibility to
shareholders to seek a return on this investment.
However, when I make recommendations for standards and software solutions my
company should follow, it is my professional responsibility to be acutely
aware, especially when evaluating software solutions originating from
hardware companies. I must sense "secret agendas" built into marketing plans
[Moderator: Secret agendas? If you want to discuss marketing plans you
should talk to our people in charge of marketing (Kim Polese,
polese@eng.sun.com or Mark Scott Johnson, msj@eng.sun.com). However, as
far as system availablity is concerned, be advised that we are a small
group with limited resources and a ton of work to do. The strongest proof
that we are committed to making Java technology ubiquitous on the Internet
is that without doing so the effort will fail, or at least be stuck in
niches. With the goals we have it doesn't make any sense to play games
with availability. Neither does it make sense to release stuff that's not
done.]
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