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=0.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,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: f43e6,c7b637f8b783b7c X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 107d55,c7b637f8b783b7c X-Google-Attributes: gid107d55,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,c7b637f8b783b7c X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,c7b637f8b783b7c X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,c7b637f8b783b7c X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public From: doylep@ecf.toronto.edu (Patrick Doyle) Subject: Re: The great Java showcase (re: 2nd historic mistake) Date: 1997/08/28 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 268725622 X-Nntp-Posting-Host: skule.ecf Sender: news@ecf.toronto.edu (News Administrator) References: <5tvvsj$lh2$1@news2.digex.net> <5u2arn$gpt@sun585.failife.com.au> Organization: University of Toronto, Engineering Computing Facility Newsgroups: comp.object,comp.software-eng,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.java.tech,comp.lang.c++ Date: 1997-08-28T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <5u2arn$gpt@sun585.failife.com.au>, Jeff Brown wrote: >In article <5tvvsj$lh2$1@news2.digex.net>, ell@access2.digex.net (Ell) writes: >> Brett J. Stonier (bretts@brightwood.com) wrote: > >> The "better" does not always win out, witness VHS over Beta, other cars >> over the Tucker, etc, etc. > >if someone mentions VHS over Beta one more time i think i will scream! >get over it! The trouble is not that people mention it. The trouble is that they are made to mention it by people who claim that better technology will win out in the end. Get mad at them. -PD -- -- Patrick Doyle doylep@ecf.utoronto.ca