__/ [ Doug Mentohl ] on Saturday 03 March 2007 17:59 \__
> From: Nathan Myhrvold
> Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 1996 12:05 PM
> To: Bil Gates
> Cc: Aaron Contorer
> Subject: Java runtime becomes the operating system
>
> From: Bill Gates
> Sent: Monday, September 30, 1996 9:36 PM
> To: Nathan Myhrvold
> Subject: Java runtime becomes the operating system
>
> I think the risk of Sun really taking the OS franchise away from us is
> much lower than the risk they cheapen the entire business ..
>
> ..
>
> It is a new and uncomfortable feeling to be the incumbent rather then
> the challenger in one of these battles.
>
> ..
>
> The key thing is to come up with something which will be bouyed up by
> the rising Internet tide. Again, this need not be some super hard
> technical problem - it is more about being creative and finding an
> oppurtunity. Here are some examples (none perfect)
>
> - Virtual worlds could be such a thing.
>
> - New ways of doing server apps, or doing net transactions (a la Viper)
> could be such a thing.
>
> ..
>
> If we let Windows decline in its non-web attributes then we will REALLY
> will be up shit creek.
>
> http://edge-op.org/iowa/www.iowaconsumercase.org/010807/PLEX_5803.pdf
And that's where they are today ("non-web attributes"). And only yesterday:
Microsoft Windows Live VP to resign
,----[ Quote ]
| Blake Irving, a Corporate Vice President in Microsoft's Windows
| Live Platform group, is resigning his post, according to sources
| close to the company.
`----
http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=296
So maybe, to use Nathan Myhrvold's words, he's going "up shit creek".
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