1995-07-22 - Re: Java (was Netscape: the big win)

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From: “Ed Carp [khijol Sysadmin]” <erc@khijol.intele.net>
To: Andrew Loewenstern <andrew_loewenstern@il.us.swissbank.com>
Message Hash: 2cc45c51fa5c478764a89600601eef37dcd3456cf202fd549a33615492e49a70
Message ID: <Pine.3.89.9507211802.F26107-0100000@khijol>
Reply To: <9507212034.AA00995@ch1d157nwk>
UTC Datetime: 1995-07-22 01:05:06 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 21 Jul 95 18:05:06 PDT

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From: "Ed Carp [khijol Sysadmin]" <erc@khijol.intele.net>
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 95 18:05:06 PDT
To: Andrew Loewenstern <andrew_loewenstern@il.us.swissbank.com>
Subject: Re: Java (was Netscape: the big win)
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On Fri, 21 Jul 1995, Andrew Loewenstern wrote:

> If a Mixmaster client were available in Java (and I'm pretty sure it can be  
> done) then suddenly everyone who previously could only use the penet server  
> can now also use Mixmaster.  With more people using the remailer network, all  
> of them with Java clients, the possibility of for-pay remailers could become  
> reality (no promises that you'll get rich though).

The problem, Java only runs on a pretty restricted set of software.  I 
don't have to be running Solaris to take advantage of penet.
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