> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Reggie Bautista
... > Given the fact that Java was originally intended in part as a > tool to break > Micro$oft's dominance of the industry, the irony of that is just > staggering... Eh? Java was originally intended as a set-top box programming language -- a way to distribute multimedia software to televisions. It was called Oak in those days. Kim Polese (founder of Marimba) was its original product manager. I was doing strategic consulting in those days and Kim brought me in to ask if I could come up with ways to make money with it in set-top boxes. Though I would have loved to have had the work, I couldn't honestly come up with a strategy that made sense. Neither could anyone else, apparently, so Sun steered it in the direction it has gone. The footnote is that I saw Kim at a party a couple of weeks ago and told her that I'm having the same kind of conversations at Sun all over again... Nick _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
