>>>>> "Chris" == Chris LeDantec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> ...
> inprise makes tools. they also partner with sun who just picked up two tools
> companies and has bcm a competitor. this is an interesting scenario since
> the owner of java technology is now a direct competitor with companies that
> are close partners. it would make sense, with a simple omission of fact in
> an initial press-release, to create an air of suspicion around sun -- being
> the bigger, more visible company they would of course take most of the heat
> (not withstanding previously rocky relationships with developers and the
> luke-warm reception of scsl). inprise then, is in perfect position to speak
> out to a grass-roots user base and say 'we worked on the port, but the way
> sun handled the release was a travesty of community development' then after
> some time passes: 'use our tool instead and show big company what's what.'
"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by
stupidity." (Hanlon's Razor?)
PR folks working for large organizations typically don't have two
clues to rub together - not only about techical details and
development politics, but also about what is really important. I
wouldn't be surprised if Sun's and Inprise's PR people genuinely
thought that the Blackdown group consisted entirely of Sun employees
and paid ghostwriters.
-mik
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Michael Thome ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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