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From: ssi@interNOSPAMlog.com (Richard Curzon)
Subject: Re: Yet another stupid language war (was: ... the only languages you
 need!!)
Date: 1997/11/01
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On Thu, 30 Oct 1997 18:25:26 GMT, "W. Wesley Groleau x4923"
<wwgrol@pseserv3.fw.hac.com> wrote:

>Java was intended to be the most portable
>of all, but Microsoft is trying hard to prevent that.

No, Sun is trying hard to prevent that...  They are tying it to their
proprietary platform, and trying to handicap it on Windows.  Which is
against the interests of the majority of computer owners.

MS is trying hard to liberate the language from the Sun proprietary
platform.  

regards,
Richard.