Re: Critique of Ariane 5 paper (finally!)

[Ken Garlington <kennieg@flash.net>]

Ken Garlington wrote:
> 
> The article goes on to discuss Microsoft and Apple collaborating
> on Java implementations. I note that the Eiffel comments on this
> article mentions that Eiffel is available on "Windows NT, Windows 95,
> Unix (a dozen different platforms), Linux and VMS...." Is an Apple
> implementation in the works?

After sending this, I realized that again I may have oversimplified
Mr. Meyer's statement in this area. This is the full quote:

"Last week's story showed the limits of Java's promise of openness.
With the rift between Microsoft and Sun, the promise of
portability also evaporates. 

"Eiffel, and in particular ISE Eiffel, provides one of the very few
truly portable development environment available in the software
industry. The same set of tools and libraries runs across Windows
NT, Windows 95, Unix (a dozen different platforms), Linux and
VMS with no need for source code change. In particular: EiffelVision
is a fully portable graphical library; and the EiffelNet library
supports multi-platform client-server development, with fully
transparent object exchange. The recently released DAIS-Eiffel
CORBA implementation from ICL Inc. supports interoperability
with other platforms and languages. ISE's C and C++ interface is
one more tool supporting openness and portability.

"For corporate customers who are looking for an open and portable
solution available today, rather than promises subject to the
conflicting requirements of companies that fiercely compete with
each other, the choice is clear."

I hope this corrects any misconceptions that might have occured
from the earlier summarized quote.