From: Blake Coverett <blake@bcdev.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 16:07:19 +0800
To: "'Rich Graves'" <llurch@networking.stanford.edu>
Subject: RE: Mindshare and Java
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> Yes, I had the misfortune to post that skeptical bit at precisely the same
> moment that the public press releases were proving me wrong :-(

[shrug] Happens to all of us.  Sometimes just keeping up on press releases
seems to be a full time job.

> My source at the PDC indicated that Microsoft was still pushing Visual
> Basic, but I'll accept that there's been a change... 

They are, but not exclusively.  They are supporting both JavaScript and VBScript
in IE3.  For that sort of work I think Basic might be more appropriate anyway.
(Added to the fact that they have committed to making the reference source
for VBScript available online with a free for whatever you want type of license.)

The spin at TechEd last week seemed to be a complete spectrum running
C++ -- Java -- VB depending on the desired speed/control vs. easy of 
development.

> Still, integrating Java and Internet browsing into the OS does not bode
> well for Netscape. 

<CRYSTALBALL>
My bet is that five years from now Netscape will be remembered as the
company that forced MS to give it away for free.
</CRYSTALBALL>

-Blake (who's keeping all his irons in the fire anyway :-)