by Roedy Green <see_website@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Jun 4, 2008 at 12:45 AM
On Tue, 3 Jun 2008 12:29:06 -0700 (PDT), openwound
<openwound5000@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who
said :
>About 10 years ago a lot of companies were doing similar apps -- in
>Java. But they failed. Why did they fail? Why does Adobe think they
>will succeed when similar efforts have failed before?
Microsoft has worked very hard to stop Java from getting a foot in the
door. It succeeded with Applets, but failed with servers.
MS can't very well screw up Flash since so much of the Commercial web
now depends on it. It would just lead to further decline in IE use.
--
Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products
The Java Glossary
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