Java browser for Windows 3.1x

[Thomas Dowling]

Michael Alan Dorman writes:

>On Thu, 7 Dec 1995, Bill Crosbie wrote:
>> browsers that will let them interact with the applets.  I am fairly  
certain
>> that Java is a close relative of the C++ programming language, although
>> stripped down a bit, and with added network security features.
>
>Well, I suspect the developers would prefer "streamlined" to "stripped
>down". 


"While Java superficially [sic] like C and C++, Java gained its simplicity  
from the systematic removal of features from its predecessors."

        The Java(tm) Language Environment: A White Paper, section 2.1
        Chapter 2, "Java--Simple and Familiar"
        http://java.sun.com/whitePaper/java-whitepaper-4.html#HEADING4-0  



You say potato...

I'm with Michael and others who don't quite see how Java equates to a  
Microsoft killer.  Given MS's skill at waiting for the other guy to go first  
and learning from his mistakes, I don't see them having any trouble turning  
Blackbird into Visual Java and closing any market gap.

(And if Java is really successful, how much money does MS get out of people  
upgrading to Win95 to run it?)

Thomas Dowling
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