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Re: Y Store now C++
Sundar Narasimhan wrote:
> b. java became
>successful because of a platform need/competitive
>positioning/marketing by Sun as meeting that need.
>
But that's just what I mean about the right place at the right time.
Java was not
developed from the beginning with the idea in mind that it would be the
language for writing browser applets. That came along when Java happened
to be well-poised to be a good language for that purpose, and Sun jumped
on it.