[4103] in java-interest
Don't let Microsoft fool you! (Was Re: VJ Day)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Carlos Valcarcel)
Mon Dec 11 11:18:04 1995
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 95 09:04:21 EST
From: valcarc@sbcidev.ny.us.swissbank.com (Carlos Valcarcel)
To: java-interest@java.sun.com
>Victory for Java Day!
>
>(http://java.sun.com/pr-ms.html)
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>
>> December 7, 1995 - Today Microsoft has announced that it has signed a
>> letter of intent with Sun for a Java technology source license and that
>> Sun and Microsoft are working through the licensing details. In
>> addition, Microsoft has agreed in principle to provide to Sun
>> Microsoft's reference implementation of the Java virtual machine and
>> AAPI (applet application programming interface) for Windows.
>
Sounds similar to what IBM did with NeXT: make a big
hoopla about licensing their technology and then, while
everyone is waiting for the behemoth to do something with it,
let it languish unused.
Will history repeat itself?
Java could easily burn out in a year-to-2 years. Let's not let
that happen! Remember, VHS won the video battle for a lot of
reason, but great technology was not one of them. Java may be
great technology (that still remains to be seen), but that will
not guarantee survival.
Carlos Valcarcel
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