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"MS Killed Java" (on the Client) JL Founder

Posted by Hemos on from the killing-the-pool dept.

jgeelan writes "In a commentary titled "Microsoft Killed Java" the founder of JavaLobby, Rick Ross, revisits the 'death' of Java on the client. "Five years ago, almost to the day," Ross declares, "Microsoft shipped IE4 with a JVM that was intentionally engineered to provide leverage to corrupt and pollute Java compatibility standards." According to an Associated Press report, Microsoft Corp has until only October 4 to respond to Sun Microsystems' request for a federal court injunction requiring Microsoft to integrate Java into Windows."

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  1. Video Killed The Radio Star by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In my mind and in my car
    We can't rewind we've gone too far

  2. Philip Taylor Kramer died for your sins! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "I want everyone to know,O.J.Simpson is innocent,they did it. "

  3. CODE FOR THE DYING *BSD. JAVA AND *BSD = 1 FUNERAL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
  4. Re:Okay... and...? by ObviousGuy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Got any hard numbers to back up your big talk? So far there's been one product named that's useful across multiple platforms. Everything else that's been mentioned has been internal use only and those certainly don't need to be cross platform.

    I'll toss out another one for you. JBuilder is written in Java and useful across multiple platforms. Got any more?

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    I have been pwned because my /. password was too easy to guess.
  5. historical revisionism by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    It would be the equivalent of Microsoft giving away a Linux distribution "MS Linux" that crashes often

    Exxcept that the MS VM was both very fast and very stable. It was also more compliant than the Netscape one, despite having those "extra" features.