Java 1.3

[Jonathan S. Shapiro]

> However, is our counter-example significant to E?  I don't know.  If
> corporations become very, very interested in security even for their
> mainline business-to-business applications...

Two comments. The first tantalizing, and I apologize. I've been working with
a group in Seattle to identify a space where things like E and EROS have
unique leverage. Since we're still getting the pieces in place, I won't say
alot about it here, but suffice it to say that there is a trillion dollar a
year space that critically needs this type of technological underpinnings.
More on this, I hope, in the next several weeks.

Second, an observation about those under-appreciated IT programmers. Those
folks work in a space where response time is everything and rough edges are
acceptable. The reason that many of them use VB has nothing to do with the
quality of the language and everything to do with its support for rapid
development. E also has the potential to provide this.

One thing I'ld like to see somebody look at is providing an application
framework for E that preserves security properties in such a way that
programmers with no time and little in-depth knowledge can build more secure
applications then they can today. Any takers?


shap