Re: Java helps prove consumers want technology unbundled

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

On Tue, Dec 14, 1999 at 10:01:06PM -0600, root wrote:
> 
> However, to be perfectly fair to Sun, it must be noted that they have
> claimed at various times that to submit to an open standards-setting
> process in the current climate would result in Microsoft somehow
> gaining control of the standard, or at least would increase the
> probability of that outcome.  While such an argument is obviously
> self-serving, I cannot say with 100% confidence that they are wrong,
> since I do not participate in the standards-setting process myself and
> therefore am not in a position to evaluate their claim.

	I understand Sun's trepidation here.  If they would open up
their test suite to the public and/or if they would release a full Java
implementation as Open Source, but still maintain control of the
trademark, they'd end up with a de-facto standard without having to
expose Java to a Microsoft stacked standards process.

	About the only standard's body that I think Microsoft would have
a hard time corrupting would be the IETF.  If people can't already tell,
I have lots of respect for them.  :-)

*grin*,
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