Links the chain

[Gregory Nowak]

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In fact, I recall hearing that there was legal action by Sun Micro
Systems against Netscape, to make them rename java script, but I guess
it must have failed, or what I heard was wrong.

Greg


On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 12:35:22PM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote:
> Slight correction, Karen. It's not java sites we access with the chain,
> but javascript sites.
> 
> Unfortunately, these two are not the same thing. Ten years ago Netscape
> saw fit to start using the term "javascript" for their scripting
> language. This was in the early days of Sun Microsystems promotion of
> Java. Seems they wanted the glitz to rub off on Netscape. Ever since
> we've had to explain this difference away.
> 

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