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From: ddyer@netcom.com (Dave Dyer)
Subject: Re: Java vs. Dylan - what to do?
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Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 17:49:09 GMT
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>But, IMHO, that is *not* nearly enough to have gained much of a
>foothold without the "killer app" of WWW execution. But this is one
>whale of a killer app. 

True, but that hype will burn itself out.  The real promise of Java
is as a replacement for C as a general purpose language.  The "killer"
reason why is the cross platform stratey - the object orientation and
memory management aspects are secondary, at least from teh viewpoint 
of those currently using C/C++.


>
>They've been popping up all over the place for Java because vendors
>think they will make money and thus risk a lot of development time and
>money on them. With Apple not pushing Dylan, few (one?) vendors
>think they will make enough money to justify such an IDE for Dylan.
>

The big vendors are not the only players; there are lots of freeware/
shareware/cheapware Java IDEs too.  My theory is that most of them
will quickly realize that they can't compete with the big guys; and 
with a little encouragement they could be redirected to Dylan.

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