[3261] in java-interest
blackbird & microsoft vs Netscape
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (edb@interport.net)
Sun Nov 5 14:45:28 1995
Date: Sun, 5 Nov 1995 12:56:29 -0500 (EST)
From: "<h1><i>FIG.1</i> The Visual Sector</h1>" <edb@interport.net>
To: java-interest@java.sun.com
cc: java-interest-digest@java.sun.com
In-Reply-To: <199511040116.RAA02559@java.sun.com>
I don't think Netscape is going to have much to worry about
from Microsoft's Blackbird.
Blackbird, although an easy technology to learn and can have
marvellous graphic design capabilities, is extraordinarily
limited by the server. Simply put, blackbird files can <only>
be served by an NT server running "Gibraltar" -- a nonexistent
(until next spring or so) server specifically for Blackbird files.
Yes, you <may> be able to run java applets on MSN in the future,
but the only people who will see them are MSN-ites (eventually,
the web as well, but even that is later on in '96). Further, you
can only serve files on MSN if you sign an agreement with MSN
that limits your ability to market things there and to display
your content elsewhere.
It is a shame. I was very impressed with the capabilities of
Blackbird when I saw a demo at Internet World.
Ed.Q.Bridges
edb@sitespecific.com
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