At 15:58 9/10/00 -0700, Christopher Smith wrote:
>The issue isn't about paying for the JVM. The JVM is a complex piece
>of software, and as a consequence it has a lot of bugs and performance
>issues. It's also a nice piece of general purpose software which could
>be retargeted to any number of sol
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On Sun, Sep 10, 2000 at 06:11:21PM -0700, Nathan Meyers wrote:
> Christopher Smith wrote:
> > - From Sun's perspective there would also be benefits: lower development
> > costs, better cross-platforms support on more platforms, better
> > reputation o
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> On Sun, Sep 10, 2000 at 08:14:45AM -0500, Steve Michael wrote:
> > I realize that I go against the grain of most people on this list,
> > but I would see that as a foolish move. I believe that there is
> > plenty of r
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On Sun, Sep 10, 2000 at 08:14:45AM -0500, Steve Michael wrote:
> I realize that I go against the grain of most people on this list,
> but I would see that as a foolish move. I believe that there is
> plenty of room for open source software and commer
Hmm.. lets think about this... Invest tons of money developing a new
programming
language. Spend even more on refining the language. Spend a lot more
assuring that
the likes of Microsoft won't "poison" it. Then when Java is finally
showing the
fruits of the labor and most major companies feel
