Not so.

Post #2,231

7/18/01 2:39:54 PM

Not so.

"After all, its a technology designed to hurt MS."

Java is a technology designed to be widely useful. The fact that it hurts Microsoft is strictly incidental. Further, it wouldn't hurt Microsoft either if they were not an abusive monopoly.

The ZDNet article is written from Microsoft press releases and does not bring up the monopoly problem. It's pretty certain Sun will jump on any anti-trust charges they can find and getting an injunction on XP would really give them a thrill.

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Post #2,233

by SpiceWare

7/18/01 2:53:13 PM

actually, I'd say

The fact that it hurts Microsoft is an added bonus :-)

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Post #2,260

by orion

7/18/01 6:01:15 PM

The Java Jive

Java was not designed to hurt anybody, it is just a side-effect that it hurts Microsoft because it allows programs to be run on any platform that supports Java and the JVM.

I wonder if Microsoft put C# into XP if it would do anything? They cannot put in Java, and C# isn't Java, but can compete with it. Remember when BASIC was part of the OS (or ROM as the case may or may not have been?) and almost everyone who was into Microcomputers knew some form of BASIC?

Ah now, if only Microsoft could make IE optional to XP, and have it so that if you try to access a web page, it asks you if you want to download it? :) Or better still, it asks you if you want to download another browser instead? Netscape, Mozilla, Opera, etc. ;)

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