Microsoft has always maintained that "Java is just another language", as opposed to the J2EE community's position that J2EE is a platform. This move by Microsoft is intended to "prove" its case.
regards, Carl Zetie > -----Original Message----- > From: Jay Walters [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 5:56 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [EJB-INT] Boom Baby! Microsoft reveals the > (secret) bomb - > J# .Net! > > > This is entirely consistent with Microsoft's strategy to > adopt standards > (Java if we take a few liberties) but to make subtle > modifications so that > interoperability is lost. > > Don't be confused, this is the strategy of a highly competent > monopolist > company seeking to defend their market. > > Cheers > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sunn� > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 10/10/01 8:13 AM > Subject: Boom Baby! Microsoft reveals the (secret) bomb - J# .Net! > > Now, was anyone ever expecting Microsoft to return to Java? > After abondoning Visual J++, and after the settlement with > Sun, and of course the creation of .Net and C# ... to actively > compete against Java and J2EE, and after rumours that Java > (runtime) would not be installed in Windows XP ... I was never > expecting Microsoft to ever return to the world of Java! I > thought they would love to kill one of their strongest > competitor - Java and its parent company Sun! But what I have > recently heard and read about has just astonished me! > > Check this out - DevX breaking the news: > http://www.devx.com/dotnet/articles/lp100901/lp100901.asp > > And check from the official sources - Microsoft: > http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualj/jsharp/beta.asp > > Well, I guess may be Microsoft has changed their policies, > and may be they have thought of being more competent than > being monopolistic. > > Nonetheless, it seems to me as a business choice by Microsoft. > > Anywayz, I hope it will help both the communities - that of > Java and that of Microsoft platforms, espcially it will help > .Net. > > But the quetion is: Where and on whom are they planning to > launch this bomb on? Sun? The developers? Or will it be Microsoft > itself? > > What do u people think about this whole thing? > > Love and Peace > -- Sawant Ali Shah > > ============================================================== > ========== > === > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the > body > of the message "signoff EJB-INTEREST". For general help, > send email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help". > > ============================================================== > ============To unsubscribe, send email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body > of the message "signoff EJB-INTEREST". For general help, > send email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help". > > ==========================================================================To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff EJB-INTEREST". For general help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help".
