From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fac41,c7b637f8b783b7c X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,c7b637f8b783b7c X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,c7b637f8b783b7c X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,c7b637f8b783b7c X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,c7b637f8b783b7c X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 107d55,c7b637f8b783b7c X-Google-Attributes: gid107d55,public From: Charles Ditzel Subject: Re: The great Java showcase (re: 2nd historic mistake) Date: 1997/09/03 Message-ID: <340E49B1.46B538B@hanami.oz.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 269819120 References: <34023FC9.59E2B600@eiffel.com> <3404670B.C3A2C4A2@pagesmiths.com> <34047A7D.62319AC4@eiffel.com> <34048653.63DECDAD@eiffel.com> To: Dennis Weldy Organization: Sense Networking Seattle (http://www.oz.net) Reply-To: charles@hanami.oz.net Newsgroups: comp.object,comp.software-eng,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.java.tech,comp.lang.c++ Date: 1997-09-03T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Unfortunately the erroneous articles have caused confusion...and it nothing as "fatal" as Mr Meyer imagines. Try http://www.corel.com/javastrat/index.html. This explains with a bit more clarity what is going on. Corel, when all is said and done, is INVESTING MORE HEAVILY IN JAVA. Two projects "Remagan" and "Alta" with time to markets of Winter '97 and Spring '98 (according to their charts). Overall - as ambitious (in many ways) as the Office Suite for Java - simply they have rethought and adapted to the emerging Java competition (i.e. Lotus, Applix, etc.) and the new web-based groupware market. Dennis Weldy wrote: > > Of course, newspper reports never misquote, or misunderstand what was > stated. > Evidently, Corel has a rebutal on its web page. What about that? [more stuff deleted] [Stuff from Mr. Meyer] > >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. [stuff deleted] > >Bertrand Meyer, President, ISE Inc.