> The purchase of Platinum by Computers Associates probably delayed it.
> also last I heard only the plugin's were confirmed to go public.
hmm... Platinum's site states that the developers tool were included.
Not that that matters much to me. The browser is the thing that needs
the tweaks the most as it is what the end-user interfaces with.
> Computer Associates has stated that it was still Platinum's decision
> because the purchase was only in negociations.
does that mean that CAI can decide what to do if they want?
> Platinum ditched that whole part of the company.
losers ;-)
> CAI has a few odd
> options.
I've been hypothisizing about their browser related options as well.
How much of this do you think is possible?:
1) they make the source code public domain and the browsers get
vamped up and debugged by universities, developers, and hobbiests
2) blaxxun licenses code and speeds up their browser performance
3) VNet or some type of MU-VRML gets built into the browsers for better
performance and open standard strength and staying power
3) somebody combines the best of CosmoPlayer and WorldView into a
single browser
4) directX6 taken advantage of
5) universities start tweaking things for X3D (if public domain)
6) Sony rises from the dead to license itself new strength, putting the
competion on blaxxun (they did try to buy CosmoSoftware)
7) the end-users and the small developers get left high and dry...
> Luckily I have just been asked to write another article for
> NetProfessional, Will do some digging ;^}...
Let me know when the article is done. Thx
Jon
