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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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