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Sean Kelly
sean at f4.ca
Mon Jan 8 14:00:28 PST 2007
Dave wrote:
>
> As for the other languages that started with a business model... Well,
> the business model for Java ended up changing (set-top devices to server
> development), not Java itself. C# took a few years itself to become
> really popular, and that was after massive spending and influence by MS,
> and also basically because the alternative (VB.Net) wasn't palatable by
> many.
And for the first few years, the market was totally confused about
whether .NET was a library/VM or whether it was a server object
architecture. While tying a business model to a language may garner a
lot of initial attention if the business model can be popularized, it
doesn't provide for any long-term guarantees. Look at Java applets, for
example. They are a horribly failed business model, and Java has
succeeded almost despite this.
Sean
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