Not only is Visual J++ not Java, the Java VM delivered with
Internet Explorer is not java - MS has removed rmi and Corba.
Nick
Larry Gates wrote:
> >Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 07:02:02 -0400
> >From: "Thomas M. Sasala" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > Perhaps it takes a large API to reproduce something Apple, Microsloth,
> >Sun, HP, etc. have been working on for 20 years.
> >
> > FWIW, I don't think the API has anything to do with write once,
> >run no....um, any where. Clearly Microsoft has been able to turn
> >Java in to a platform specific language with little help.
>
> 2 things:
>
> Hey, I thought the consensus was that Visual J++ was NOT Java, even
> though Microsquash was calling it Java. Which in turn, prompted one
> of many suites filed by Sun? Did I get this right? Anyone know how
> the lawsuit is coming along?
>
> I think we all hope that someday "write once, run anywhere" will be a
> true statement about Java.
>
> -Larry Gates
>
> > -T
> >
> >jools enticknap wrote:
> >>
> >> >I am wondering if Sun has overstretch itself in trying to develop so
> >> >many APIs? It seems to me that they are struggling and there is enough
> >> >support and help to help outsiders (like Blackdown who done an excellent
> >> >job porting the software)?
> >>
> >> <brain dump>
> >>
> >> Perhaps this is a direct result of trying to bring an open technology to
> >> market, and at the same time protect the one thing that makes Java useful in
> >> the first place (write once, run everywhere(TM)).
> >>
> >> Also once a technology is invented it needs time for the comunity to
> >> evaluate and comment on whats been done, and these comments must also be
> >> evaluted and the next step then taken.
> >>
> >> This all takes time, however I for one and happy this does take place.
> >>
> >> As for porting assistance, I think that you will find that SUN has __very__
> >> close links with the blackdown guys and do offer help when it's requested.
>
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