That is not the best way to do business, though. One of Microsoft's vast
strengths is its ability to come to the show late, but end up dominating a
market or technology. Few of their products are in-house innovations;
many, many are improvements of prior work. In fact, there is so little new
in Java that it can really be seen as a shameless rip-off of features from
Objective C, C++, ADA, Eiffel, etc...
If the industry standardizes on open, distributed computing based on XML
message passing, that would be a good thing. Of course, Sun will most
likely try to 'embrace and extend,' ala MS.
Only time will tell.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Stevens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 8:03 PM
Subject: [NOISE] Yaaaaaaaaawwwwnnnnnnnnnnn....
> <http://java.sun.com/features/2001/02/launch.html>
> <http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20010205S0031>
>
> This makes me sad.
>
> This just solidifies the fact that all Sun is trying to do is copy M$ and
> not actually innovate anything because JSP is nothing better than a Java
> version of ASP. Come on guys, we know you are smart...come up with
something
> good...not more duplication of what already exists...the FUD surrounding
the
> idea that M$ is a closed platform will all fall apart the day that M$
turns
> around and makes it open. They are already doing that...look at their work
> with the ECMA group!
>
> Being open isn't the key, coming up with technology that is worth working
> with is...
>
> -jon
>
>
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