From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Sat, 11 Oct 2025 15:13 +0100 (BST), John Dallman wrote:   
      
   > In article <10cdflq$5c0$2@reader2.panix.com>,   
   > cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) wrote:   
   >   
   >> I think also the focus shifted dramatically once Java came onto the   
   >> scene; Sun seemed to move away from its traditional computer business   
   >> in order to focus more full on java and its ecosystem.   
   >   
   > They tried that on us, but were deeply unconvincing.   
      
   Corel, I think it was, announced a project to rewrite their entire office   
   suite in Java.   
      
   They got far enough into the project to realize that it was a massive step   
   backwards in performance. At that point, they gave up.   
      
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