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=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,CP1252 X-Google-Thread: 103376,78716f2030cb1b34,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-18 23:06:38 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!213.56.195.71!fr.usenet-edu.net!usenet-edu.net!enst!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: "Robert C. Leif, Ph.D." Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Good Bye Java Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 23:05:28 -0700 Organization: ENST, France Sender: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org Message-ID: Reply-To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: marvin.enst.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: avanie.enst.fr 995522795 48716 137.194.161.2 (19 Jul 2001 06:06:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 06:06:35 +0000 (UTC) To: "Comp. Lang. Ada" Return-Path: X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.4 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: comp.lang.ada mail<->news gateway List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:10228 Date: 2001-07-18T23:05:28-07:00 From: Bob Leif To: All Evidently, Sun's control of Java gave Microsoft the opening it needed. First there was C, then C++, then Java, and now maybe C#. We Ada people can watch and laugh. However, Java should have taught us the power of marketing. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Microsoft pulls back support for Java, in blow to rival technology By John R. Wilke and Don Clark THE WALL STREET JOURNAL "PRERELEASE COPIES of Microsoft�s new Windows XP operating system, which goes on sale this fall, drop the software needed to run Java-based programs. (MSNBC is a Microsoft-NBC joint venture). Java software is used to create some of the animated and interactive features of Web pages and hand-held devices; Web surfers using computers with Windows XP won�t see those features without loading additional software." http://www.msnbc.com/news/601794.asp#BODY