On Wed, 20 Aug 2003, Brian Tarbox wrote: > You know, if it was Microsoft abandoning an API like this and leaving us all > in the lurch we'd be up in arms and talking about 'the evil empire'. > Somehow Sun gets away with behavior they/we condemm in MS. > > Ok, rant mode off.
If you read my post to this list on 23 June 2003 you'd know that I am plenty unhappy with Sun too. But at least Sun wanted platform independence and just didn't execute very well when it came to Java3D. M$ is doing everything they can to prevent platform independence. Like I said in my recent column: http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~billh/roads.html For non-monopolies, the best technical decision is generally the best business decision. For monopolies however, the best business decision is often to supress the best technical decision. Cheers, Bill =========================================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help".
