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"Apple has not been the bogeyman to Microsoft in a long time. They are more than happy to have a legitimate threat to their business, and it's called Java." Ou
by chaosmachine 16y ago
"Apple has not been the bogeyman to Microsoft in a long time. They are more than happy to have a legitimate threat to their business, and it's called Java."
Out of all the things to end that sentence with, Java was probably the last one I expected.
- pohl 16y agoReally? It was the driving force behind the creation of .NET, and the motivator for the infamous sweaty (Developers)* rant.
- cabalamat 16y agoIndeed. Java -- more precisely the JVM's promise to code once, run anywhere -- had Microsoft worried in the late '90s. Rightly so, IMO.
- dejb 16y agoHow prescient as Java and it's derivatives are probably the biggest danger to apple.