Re: Java helps prove consumers want technology unbundled

["Eric M. Hopper" <hopper@omnifarious.mn.org>]

On Tue, Dec 14, 1999 at 04:38:05PM -0500, Lewis A. Mettler wrote:
> Eric,
> 
> Do you have a problem with Sun?  That is strange.  To my knowledge
> they are not being charge with any antitrust violations.  Or other
> violations of law for that matter.

	A company doesn't have to break the law to make me annoyed.

	They're killing a good technology by being close fisted about it
and refusing to participate in any standards process that doesn't
rubber-stamp everything they do.

	I also won't buy a technology that purports itself as some sort
of standard unless two fully interoperable versions exist, and at least
one of them is Open Source.  Source code is the only real spec.

> Incompatibility is not Sun's fault.  Are you sure you are not employed
> by Microsoft?
> 
> Every argument you make seems to support their view of the world.  Or,
> have I missed one?

	They happen to be right in a few ways on this one.  I still
think Microsoft should be slapped hard for their treatment of Visual J++
as a vehicle for polluting the Java platform.

	Oh, BTW, I use no Microsoft products.  My problem is that the
Netscape browser implements Java very, very poorly, and that I can get
no decent Java 2 implementation for my platform of choice.


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