Re: Who is the heck Eolas?

[Christopher Pall <christopher.pall@wmich.edu>]

Their webpage is at 

http://www.eolas.com

I don't see anything particularly suprising about their page. It uses Java.
They couldn't have much against Java <g>

Mitch Stone wrote:
> 
> According to Bob (don't call me "Robert X.") Cringely, a tiny company
> called Eolas recently secured a patent to embedded objects that will
> knock the props out from under all similar technologies promoted by
> Microsoft, Netscape, and Sun. He predicts that Eolas will quickly make a
> licensing deal with Microsoft, simultaneously finishing off the others
> _and_ the government's case.
> 
> http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit19981203.html
> 
> But a search of the web, and a perusing of the Eolas site, turns up
> nothing to support these claims. Has Cringely finally flipped out
> entirely?
> 
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