(SC22JSG.926) Sun pulls out of PAS process Elliotte Rusty Harold (elharo@metalab.unc.edu)
Thu, 29 Apr 1999 11:17:58 -0700

[I also believe this is good news. Given the dishonest way Sun has manipulated ISO during this process, I also find Sun's quotes in the linked-to article to be, ahem, not the most accurate portrayal of what happened. --MarkM]

IT Week is reporting that Sun has pulled out of the PAS process and will not submit Java for ISO standardization. See

http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/1999/16/ns-7955.html

In my opinion, this is a good thing. We now have the option to go forward and standardize Java (sans the trademarked name) at a more deliberate pace and with full and equal participation by all interested parties. This would be the same process used to standardize C, C++, Fortran, and other computer languages.
It's a slow and painstaking process, but it works. 

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