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I always believed Sun shot itself in the head with Java. They had this idea getting people invested in a cross platform ecosystem meant new software could be r
by tsotha 12y ago
I always believed Sun shot itself in the head with Java. They had this idea getting people invested in a cross platform ecosystem meant new software could be run on Sun hardware.
But what really happened is people who had been locked into Sun with legacy software wrote applications in Java and then switched from Sun to cheaper hardware running Linux or Windows.
- cpeterso 12y agoSimilarly, IBM tried to make OS/2 a "better Windows than Windows" by supporting both OS/2 and Windows applications. This just encouraged application developers to write Windows applications because they would run on OS/2 and Windows.
- SixSigma 12y agoThey did have Microsoft removing their helmet and doing the reloading. Sun called it: Mankind vs Microsoft [1] It drained their energy and stole their focus. It was the apex of Embrace, Extend, Extinguish [1] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/03/why_sun_threw/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/03/why_sun_threw/ Interesting from that 2004 piece > Microsoft's biggest global competitors are exactly as they were on Thursday: Nokia and Sony. How different things looked then!