Netscape Backs Off Java

Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday January 25, 1998 @06:31AM from the serious-bummer dept.

Netscape was the second major company (after Sun) to go crazy with Java. According to this story though they are now one of the first to back out. Escalating development costs and the huge number of platforms are the reasons. The real question is now what the Free Software guys are going to do about it. If Java is more than a web widget maker, then it will be back.

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