Fair point. But if I were to be cynical, perish the thought, maybe Chris
would prefer users not to go with JBuilder as it may hurt Netbean's
popularity.
As NetBeans was a asset acquisition, does Sun still give NetBeans money to
keep it up to date?
Nicholas
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> Subject: Re: another possibility wrt the press-release.
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> >>>>> "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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