[349] in java-interest
Re: Java for Solaris 2.4 x86
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jim frost)
Thu Jun 15 17:24:22 1995
To: richer@island.com (Mark Richer)
Cc: java-interest@java.sun.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 15 Jun 1995 12:27:54 EDT."
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Date: Thu, 15 Jun 1995 16:48:27 -0400
From: jim frost <jimf@world.std.com>
|>2) Why Windows next? Because something like 80% of the
|> net users out there are runnign windows. Windows NT is just a
|> stepping stone to the "real" windows platforms (Win95 and, if
|> that fails to take off, some form of 3.1/orkgroups.)
|
|Windows and DOS together (Wintel) represent about 90% of the total US
|market. Is there any market data backing up the claim that 80% of net users
|are running Windows? Has anyone actually done net client platform market
|research?
I don't have formal results but certainly the largest portion of our
customer base (which I believe is a reasonable statistical base for
the Internet as a whole outside of education) runs Windows. We
believe the number is closer to 90%.
|Personally, I think the Macintosh port is extremely important
I believe there's a Mac port in progress already; I recall recent
traffic on the topic. Win3.1 and Mac ports should be complementary
since both OS's have (or more importantly lack) roughly the same
capabilities -- make it work on one and most of the hard work is done
for the other.
jim frost
jimf@world.std.com
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