From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Nov 18 01:56:42 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA10336 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 01:56:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.204.136.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA10314 for ; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 01:56:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id KAA11730; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 10:56:08 +0100 (CET) Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id KAA01137; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 10:56:07 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <19981118105606.20373@follo.net> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 10:56:06 +0100 From: Eivind Eklund To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Rogue Wave cross the line Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Rogue Wave has (at vice-president level) been supporting Microsoft's attempted destruction of Java: Also during the panel, Scot Wingo, a vice president at Microsoft ally RogueWave Software Inc., defended Microsoft's moves to modify Java to make it specific to the Windows platform. A lot of developers are only targeting the Windows platform, he said, and shouldn't have to sacrifice performance for the sake of portability he said. The quote is from the bottom of this webpage: http://www.computerworld.com/home/news.nsf/all/9811172java I've contacted them to tell that I won't be purchasing software from them again. If you should wish to do the same, the most appropriate address seems to be websales@roguewave.com. Feel free to forward this message; we now return you to your regularly scheduled off-topic discussion :-) Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message