Kaffe's MS-Extensions Will Hurt Java

Tom Gall kaffe@rufus.w3.org
Fri, 25 Jun 1999 08:42:09 -0500


Alexandre Oliva wrote:

> On Jun 24, 1999, Mike Cornall <mcornall@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
> > Where Java is concerned, Microsoft has stated that they intend to:
>
> >      "kill cross-platform Java by grow[ing] the polluted Java market."
>
> > Tim is going to help them.
>
> Indeed :-(

Double 8-(


> > Shame on you, Tim. I won't be using your product.
>
> You don't have to refrain from using the Standard part; you just have
> to fight against the non-Standard one.

There is another option, one in which other Open Source projects have
used.If Tim is going to go down that road, then maybe it's time to fork the
project.

--
Hakuna Matata,

Tom

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