(SC22JSG.926) Sun pulls out of PAS process

[Elliotte Rusty Harold]

[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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