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                Date: 1998-12-25
                 
                 
                "Netscape kaputt" - Larry orakelt wieder
                
                 
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      q/depesche  98.12.25/1 
updating        98.12.17/1 
"Netscape kaputt" - Larry orakelt wieder 
 
Wie immer, wenn ein jahreszeitlich bedingter Mangel an  
Nachrichten gegeben ist, orakelt Larry Ellison besonders laut  
& dezidert. Der AOL-Merger sei zwar nicht ganz so schlimm  
wie Apples Selbstmord, doch er bedeute nichts weniger als  
das Ende des kreativen Softwarehauses Netscape. Im  
übrigen war Larry der Meinung, Microsoft sei einer  
Zerschlagung zuzuführen. 
 
 
post/scrypt: der quintessenzielle Depeschendienst hofft,  
dass das p.t Publikum die mit der Wintersonnenwende  
einhergehenden Fährnisse unversehrt überstanden haben  
möge.  
 
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I am going to surprise you with my answer," said Ellison.  
"The most innovative company in the computer industry in  
the last 10 years is dead. 
 
"The merger with AOL means Netscape is gone. AOL is in a  
different business. It is not a software company, but a media  
and a service company 
 
"AOL is not interested in Netscape's technology. It is only  
interested in Netcenter," Netscape's popular Web portal. 
 
"I am very disappointed that a company with such personality  
has been lost to the industry. It is not quite as bad as Apple  
committing suicide by firing Steve Jobs, but it does indicate a  
serious problem." 
 
Ellison also addressed the issue of Java, a programming  
language whose promise of "write once, run anywhere" has  
been seen as a possible threat to Microsoft's operating  
system dominance.<p> 
... 
"My company will work with Sun to ensure that Java as an  
Internet standard is kept pure and available to us all, as  
opposed to MS Java that works only on Windows," Ellison  
said. 
 
Ellison, who is in Sydney to sail in the Sydney Harbour yacht  
race, had spoken about the new version of his company's  
database software, Oracle 8i, which incorporates Internet  
protocols and is programmable via Java. 
 
He told the audience of 200 computer industry executives  
that the demise of Netscape meant that everyone must unite  
against the common threat of Microsoft. 
 
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2179180,00.html
                   
 
 
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edited by Harkank 
published on: 1998-12-25 
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