They don't want to miss out on it, they want to "kill" it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Melvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 4:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Dynapi-Dev] DynAPI current things
> Already been corrected.
> But use yer brains folks..
> why in the hell would MS want to miss out on something as big as Java?
> It's simply not in their nature.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nuno Ferreira" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 4:00 AM
> Subject: RE: [Dynapi-Dev] DynAPI current things
>
>
> > >Actually, MS just paid Sun 20 million dollars to licence java for their
> own
> > >use.
> > >I don't think we need to worry about there being no Java support in
IE6.
> >
> > Correction: They paid 20 Million dollars to Sun, on court order,
> > because of a breach of license. I don't think they intend to support
Java
> at
> > all.
> > BUT, I think they will continue to support JS, though they will not
> develop
> > it
> > further, cause that would be against their .net philisophy.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Raymond Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2001 2:16 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Dynapi-Dev] DynAPI current things
> >
> >
> > > The only thing that concerns me, is our friends over at Microsoft.
> While
> > > they were moving towards DOM compliance (around the time they ported
IE5
> > to
> > > the Macintosh) they took a hard left with IE5.5 when they decided that
> war
> > > with the Java/Unix camp was inevitable.
> > >
> > > I have a lot of concerns with the pending Whistler/IE6 combination,
> > because
> > > I am pretty sure it's going be a major paradigm shift for them/us
(think
> > > zero support for client side Java). M$ is moving to align all their
> > > products OS/Software around the .net strategy while at the same time
> > pushing
> > > the "disturbance factor" in other alternative platforms (hmmmm, this
> > seems
> > > to run like shit on my PC compared to 100% M$ products) as much as
they
> > can
> > > without flagging the Justice Department "to much".
> > >
> > > Additionally, the long awaited arrival of NS6 came and went without so
> > much
> > > as a ripple of real impact. I think that good old Netscape finally
> found
> > > out how to align the bullet-filled cylinder of business blunders with
> > their
> > > head. NS6 is a dead alternative in the eyes of Joe Consumer. I can't
> > even
> > > imagine AOL wrapping there consumer online service around this browser
> > > instead of IE (that they use now), unless they want to hand MSN
> > > marketshare.
> > >
> > > In no way am I supporting an IE concentric approach. We just need to
be
> > > aware that "shit is gonna hit the developer fan" in 3-7 months when
they
> > > release Whistler. They have spent a billion dollars developing this
> > release
> > > with two goals in mind. Stunt the growth of Java and kill Linux as a
> > viable
> > > "consumer OS" alternative. By consumer OS I mean our average home PC
> > user.
> > >
> > > A scary fact is that M$ has said they don't plan on releasing IE6 as a
> > > public beta. It's gonna release inside the Whistler OS update. Get
> > > Whistler, get IE6. This means one thing. IE6 and Whistler are being
> > > developed in tandem to create strategic havoc for the Java/Unix camps.
> > >
> > > Javascript (the DynAPI foundation) will likely survive as a
> cross-platform
> > > language; it's to entrenched and strategically means little to M$'s
end
> > > goals. We can :O) a bit here.
> > >
> > > This is why I don't want to spend a lot of time developing a Java
Applet
> > > Client/Side I/O device for DynAPI2 Michael. I'm not even sure it will
> be
> > > supported with the new IE6. I think Java is going to be a server-side
> > tool
> > > for awhile.
> > >
> > > In the end, basic DOM support with the DynAPI is probably the best
path.
> > > But lets be smart (as we can be with limited knowledge) about how we
> > enhance
> > > that API with input/output shunts to the dynamic server/side world.
> > >
> > > Laters,
> > >
> > > Ray
> > >
> > >
> > >
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