mike scott wrote: > On 22 May 2008 at 3:39, Drew Jensen wrote: > >> Michael Adams wrote: >>> On Thu, 22 May 2008 08:20:02 +0100 >>> mike scott wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Unless their version starts acquiring incompatible extensions. >>>> >>>> Isn't this what happened with java? (Or maybe I remember wrongly.) >>>> >>>> >>> Are you thinking JScript, Microsofts answer to Netscapes Javascript? >>> >>> >> I think he is referring to - >> >> Microsoft started made some changes to to the java language's >> implementation for Windows platforms >> ---- primarily to address performance issues as I recall >> >> SUN threatened to sue >> >> They stopped. >> >> The outcome of that little exchange between the two companies was the >> birth of a totally new language - C# > > That's probably it. Although my rather vague recollection is that > there were some compatibility issues which went against Sun's > licensing conditions. > > It just seemed that MS, after taking ODF on board, would be in an ace > position to wreck its compatibility across systems, blame others, > then push their own as the One True Standard. Maybe I'm just too > cynical :-)
NO you're not! 'Ballmer has as much ethics and morals as a rabid grizzly. Fred -- "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." - Sir Winston Churchill --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
