I've heard that as a result of their settlement with Sun MS is limited to
Java 1.something in its license - not the latest and greatest
Java......which is why they're pushing C-Flat as their Java equivalent.
Can anyone confirm/deny this?
rf
> From: Robert Hajime Lanning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 10:57:35 -0700 (PDT)
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chuck Peters)
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Seth Johnson), [EMAIL PROTECTED],
> [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [svlug] The End Game From Microsoft. Really.
>
> This is realy a battle between MS and Sun. MS is trying to displace Java
> with C# since they lost the court battle.
>
> ---- As written by Chuck Peters:
>>
>> On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Seth Johnson wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Folks, read this. I speak in grave tones a lot of times, but let's be
>>> very clear, now:
>>>
>>> The end game is upon us. The apolitical BSD license is now being pitted
>>> directly against the GPL license, by M$ itself.
>>>
>>> It's so very sly. Just think about it. But if we see it right up, we
>>> *might* be able to counter it. I don't know:
>>>
>>> http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2001/06/27/dotnet.html
>>>
>>>
>>> Ask me what I mean, if you don't see what I'm saying. I'm pissed and
>>> anxious as heck about this.
>>
>> I'm not clear on what you mean about it being the end game. As I see it
>> the battle is just starting to heat up, I don't think were even close to
>> the end game yet. It's more of the MS embrace and extend strategy.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Chuck
>>
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