Collateral damage.
In the battle between Microsoft and Netscape for the web browser market, Sun Microsystems flinches every time that Netscape is dealt a blow by Microsoft. Together, Netscape and Sun have generated great enthusiasm for Sun's new programming language, Java, which could challenge Microsoft's overall do...
| Publicado en: | Economist Vol. 340; pp. 61 - 63 |
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| Formato: | Artículo |
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Economist Newspaper Limited
September 7 1996
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