Re: [Dynapi-Dev] DynAPI current things

[Doug M. <do...@cr...>]

Actually, MS just paid Sun 20 million dollars to licence java for their own
use.
I don't think we need to worry about there being no Java support in IE6.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Raymond Smith" <dst...@or...>
To: <dyn...@li...>
Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2001 2:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Dynapi-Dev] DynAPI current things


> The only thing that concerns me, is our friends over at Microsoft.  While
> they were moving towards DOM compliance (around the time they ported IE5
to
> the Macintosh) they took a hard left with IE5.5 when they decided that war
> with the Java/Unix camp was inevitable.
>
> I have a lot of concerns with the pending Whistler/IE6 combination,
because
> I am pretty sure it's going be a major paradigm shift for them/us (think
> zero support for client side Java).  M$ is moving to align all their
> products OS/Software around the .net strategy while at the same time
pushing
> the "disturbance factor" in other alternative platforms  (hmmmm, this
seems
> to run like shit on my PC compared to 100% M$ products) as much as they
can
> without flagging the Justice Department "to much".
>
> Additionally, the long awaited arrival of NS6 came and went without so
much
> as a ripple of real impact.  I think that good old Netscape finally found
> out how to align the bullet-filled cylinder of business blunders with
their
> head.  NS6 is a dead alternative in the eyes of Joe Consumer.  I can't
even
> imagine AOL wrapping there consumer online service around this browser
> instead of IE  (that they use now), unless they want to hand MSN
> marketshare.
>
> In no way am I supporting an IE concentric approach.  We just need to be
> aware that "shit is gonna hit the developer fan" in 3-7 months when they
> release Whistler.  They have spent a billion dollars developing this
release
> with two goals in mind.  Stunt the growth of Java and kill Linux as a
viable
> "consumer OS" alternative.  By consumer OS I mean our average home PC
user.
>
> A scary fact is that M$ has said they don't plan on releasing IE6 as a
> public beta.  It's gonna release inside the Whistler OS update.  Get
> Whistler, get IE6.  This means one thing.  IE6 and Whistler are being
> developed in tandem to create strategic havoc for the Java/Unix camps.
>
> Javascript (the DynAPI foundation) will likely survive as a cross-platform
> language; it's to entrenched and strategically means little to M$'s end
> goals.  We can :O) a bit here.
>
> This is why I don't want to spend a lot of time developing a Java Applet
> Client/Side I/O device for DynAPI2 Michael.  I'm not even sure it will be
> supported with the new IE6.  I think Java is going to be a server-side
tool
> for awhile.
>
> In the end, basic DOM support with the DynAPI is probably the best path.
> But lets be smart (as we can be with limited knowledge) about how we
enhance
> that API with input/output shunts to the dynamic server/side world.
>
> Laters,
>
> Ray
>
>
>
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