Re: The great Java showcase (re: 2nd historic mistake)

["Matthew S. Whiting" <whiting@epix.net>]

Bertrand Meyer wrote:
> 
> The Toronto Globe and Mail wrote that Corel was "ditching"
> Java efforts. This has been criticized on some newsgroups
> as being exaggerated. But here is the report from Computer
> Reseller News in Techwire (see
> http://192.215.107.71/wire/news/aug/0817corel.html
> for the full text):
> 
>         OTTAWA -- Corel has rethought its Java strategy,
>         according to sources briefed by the company.
> 
>         Now, the plan is to put the bulk of application
>         logic on servers, which would then
>         serve up what's needed to the client, whether that client
>         is a PC or a Network Computer, said Amy Wohl, president
>         of Wohl Associates, a Narberth, Pa., researcher.
> 
>         Previously, the company was rewriting its bread-and-butter
>         drawing and productivity applications in Java. But that
>         effort has been delayed significantly.
> 
>         Corel now plans to use home-grown technology, code-named
>         Remagen [...]
> 
>         There still will be a lower-end Java suite for NCs due in
>         October, Wohl noted, but the thrust has shifted considerably
>         to the enterprise.
> 
> The word "altogether" in "Dropping its Java strategy altogether"
> was based on the initial press reports and may turn out to be too
> strong. The jury is still out as to how "altogether" the drop is,
> although in the software business "delayed significantly" is often a
> euphemism for something more fatal. The point of my note (not a flame,
> just a reporting of fact) stands: that the great showcase of Java
> triumph, reported everywhere including in these newsgroups, was
> perhaps advertized a bit prematurely.
> 
> See also: http://www4.zdnet.com/anchordesk/story/story_799.html.

The "Toronto Globe and Mail" doesn't sound like a technical publication
to me, but rather a generic newspaper.  Correct?

As a pilot, I know how accurately most newspapers report airplane
accidents.  If this level of accuracy also applies to technology
strategy reports (and I'll wager it does given the technical awareness
of most newspaper reporters), then I don't think I'd quote this source
in a technically oriented newsgroup.

Matt