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_00,INVALID_MSGID, NORMAL_HTTP_TO_IP,NUMERIC_HTTP_ADDR 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: 107d55,c7b637f8b783b7c X-Google-Attributes: gid107d55,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,c7b637f8b783b7c X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,c7b637f8b783b7c X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,c7b637f8b783b7c X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,c7b637f8b783b7c X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Dennis Weldy" Subject: Re: The great Java showcase (re: 2nd historic mistake) Date: 1997/08/29 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 268986687 References: <34023FC9.59E2B600@eiffel.com> <3404670B.C3A2C4A2@pagesmiths.com> <34047A7D.62319AC4@eiffel.com> <34048653.63DECDAD@eiffel.com> X-MimeOle: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE Engine V4.71.0912.0 Organization: Intergraph Newsgroups: comp.object,comp.software-eng,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.java.tech,comp.lang.c++ Date: 1997-08-29T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Of course, newspper reports never misquote, or misunderstand what was stated. Evidently, Corel has a rebutal on its web page. What about that? Dennis Bertrand Meyer wrote in article <34048653.63DECDAD@eiffel.com>... >James P. White wrote: > >[Quoting me] >> > It's really fascinating to read this again a month later, >> > with the recent announcements -- widely reported by the >> > press -- that Corel is dropping its Java strategy altogether. >> > >> > So much for the showcase success of the century... > >[James P. White] > >> As I am sure you will hear, those reports were entirely inaccurate. > >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. > >-- >Bertrand Meyer, President, ISE Inc. >ISE Building, 2nd floor, 270 Storke Road, Goleta CA 93117 >805-685-1006, fax 805-685-6869, >http://www.eiffel.com, with instructions for download >. >