[4108] in java-interest
Re: Don't let Microsoft fool you! (Was Re: VJ Day)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (i n S I T E !)
Mon Dec 11 14:50:46 1995
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 10:16:12 -0800
From: "i n S I T E !" <insite@interramp.com>
To: Carlos Valcarcel <valcarc@sbcidev.ny.us.swissbank.com>
CC: java-interest@java.sun.com
Carlos Valcarcel wrote:
>
> >Victory for Java Day!
> >
> >(http://java.sun.com/pr-ms.html)
> >
> >
> >> 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.
As advocates of Java, it should be of little concern whether Microsoft has
licensed our favorite technology than what everyone else under the Sun is
doing with it (no pun intended).
NeXT's mistake was not licensing to IBM. The 'secret' of NeXT's platform
proliferation failure lies with developers (and possibly in NeXT's
support of and communication with them). Although not intentional on any
NeXT developer's part, too few demonstrations of NeXT technology saw the face
of corporate America. Picture a meeting room in which corporations are
waiting for demonstrations, developers are waiting for IBM to do something,
and IBM isn't at the meeting. Don't wait for MS to do something with Java.
As we produce useful tools with Java, demonstrating rather than preaching its
possiblities, MS's potential adverse affect on this technology diminishes.
Happy Coding,
Damion jl Hankeh
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