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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,78d7c50699ab69a4 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-10 11:22:34 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!sjcppf01.usenetserver.com!usenetserver.com!news-west.rr.com!lsnws01.we.mediaone.net!typhoon.san.rr.com!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3BC491E8.C7D24DE4@san.rr.com> From: Darren New Organization: Boxes! X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Gratuitous bashing ? References: <3BC46184.F88496A8@sparc01.ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> <9q1rhq$gjl$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3BC47929.A22F574A@san.rr.com> <9q20on$ipa$1@nh.pace.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 18:22:48 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.75.151.160 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: typhoon.san.rr.com 1002738168 66.75.151.160 (Wed, 10 Oct 2001 11:22:48 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 11:22:48 PDT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:14195 Date: 2001-10-10T18:22:48+00:00 List-Id: Marin David Condic wrote: > I don't know that Java was invented *specifically* for STBs - I rather > recall it being something developed because they thought web apps would be > multi-platform.... Well, I think it was retargetted to that, and renamed "Java". OK, it was originally called "Oak". (I knew it was something like that.) Observe http://www.ils.unc.edu/blaze/java/javahist.html which pretty much implies Java was being offered for sale before Mosaic included the tag. http://java.sun.com/features/1998/05/birthday.html shows that, wow, it really was "Green" after all. (Note these are the first two Google hits from "Java History" search.) -- Darren New San Diego, CA, USA (PST). Cryptokeys on demand. Who is this Dr. Ibid anyway, and how does he know so much?