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Re: Don't let Microsoft fool you! (Was Re: VJ Day)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marko Gargenta)
Tue Dec 12 16:19:27 1995
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 14:23:43 -0500 (EST)
From: Marko Gargenta <mgargent@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca>
To: Carlos Valcarcel <valcarc@sbcidev.ny.us.swissbank.com>
cc: java-interest@java.sun.com
In-Reply-To: <9512111404.AA03801@sbci_dev1>
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> 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?
Could happen. If MS licensed Java, why is it still working on non-Java
blackbird - a direct competitive product?
> 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.
Great technology is not the one which wins. Usefull technology wins. Java
is great and is usefull, but so far mostly to non-PC people. There are
still too many PCs out there and MS has its foot on that market big time.
It is likely that Win95 people will access the net through MS-Net and MS
browser which means monopoly again! Let's not let it happen!
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Marko Gargenta
University of Waterloo
Marko.Gargenta@uWaterloo.Ca
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