__/ [ Doug Mentohl ] on Saturday 03 March 2007 16:36 \__
> From: chrisjo
> Sent: Monday: September 04, 1995 3:15 PM
> To: victors; johnlu; bradsi; bens; thomasre; darryir; paulma; chrisjo
> Subject: RE: Anti-Java strategy memo
>
> ..
>
> One strategy is to jump on the Java bandwagon and try and take control
> of the class libraries and runtime. This may be the best alternative but
> this decision impacts across the company.
>
> ..
>
> We should consider support for Java as a platform. As a company we have
> to options for embracing and extending Java: (1) we tale control of it
> and add Windows specific classes, or (2) we "sandbox" it, slow it down
> and restrict to a particular domain, betting that we can bring our
> technology to bear quickly enough to minimize the impact.
>
> http://edge-op.org/iowa/www.iowaconsumercase.org/010807/PLEX_2403.pdf
Java was not GPL'ed at the time, so what they propose is not just
anti-competitive. It's probabply illegal, too. It's good that you make all
these E-mails availble in plain text, which gets them indexed.
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