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Re[5]: compiling in windows95
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tim Lindholm)
Wed Nov 1 18:35:47 1995
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 1995 11:12:45 -0800
From: lindholm@scndprsn.eng.sun.com (Tim Lindholm)
To: java-interest@java.Eng.Sun.COM, todd@sequoiasoft.com
No you're not the only person who believes this, but you and anyone else
who does are wrong. Java loses to the extent that it doesn't provide a
credible cross-platform story. It is in its best interests to be on
every desktop, and antithetical to its philosophy to be held back to
push Solaris sales.
Not to mention the fact that the Solaris and Win32 JDK beta were simul-
taneously released last night and are on java.sun.com now...
-- Tim
> Date: Wed, 01 Nov 95 11:03:13
> From: "todd.robertson" <todd@sequoiasoft.com>
> To: jonathan@athenanow.com (Jonathan Taylor), java-interest@java
> Subject: Re[4]: compiling in windows95
>
> Guess I'll have to wait awhile..
>
> Am I the only person who believes that Sun is withholding the Win95
> and WinNT JDKs for strategic reasons rather than technical? Taking
> this tack will definitely put Sun and the Solaris platform miles ahead
> of Windows in the race to control the "new" user interface. It makes
> sense for *them*, but puts Windows NT shops such as ours at a definite
> disadvantage.
>
> Todd Robertson
> Sequoia Softworks, Inc.
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