[OT] RE: Microsoft removes Netscape support from IE; plug-in needsre-writing.
Stephen Pair
spair at advantive.com
Thu Jul 26 21:32:55 UTC 2001
I don't want to whip Mac fans into a flurry, but keep in mind that MS
owns about 17% (or around that) of Apple. Basically, MS is keeping
Apple at arms length (IMO).
- Stephen
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> [mailto:squeak-dev-admin at lists.squeakfoundation.org] On
> Behalf Of Jeff Szuhay
> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 4:40 PM
> To: squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org
> Subject: RE: [OT] RE: Microsoft removes Netscape support from
> IE; plug-in needsre-writing.
>
>
> In your hypothetical progression of events, you completely
> missed/left out Mac OS X. This, along with Unix, has M$ a bit
> paranoid (moreso than ever).
>
> >- Developers revert to development using C/C++ (some are
> >smart and choose Squeak) and seek cross platform solutions
>
> For what? What's the progress on "double clickable apps"
> with Squeak?
>
> Who is shipping apps based on Squeak? (and making any money from it?)
>
> Windows will have a lot of momentum simply because everybody
> is making so much money off the dupes who bought into the
> whole slop. For any really successful software, somebody's
> got to be able to make a living from it.
>
> Jeff Sz.
>
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