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Subject:Re: Another name for Java? From:Peter Kent <techwr -at- ARUNDEL -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 5 Jun 1997 10:25:21 -0600
>> From techwrtr -at- CRL -dot- COM Wed Jun 4 18:08:10 1997
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>> Date: Wed, 4 Jun 1997 17:54:39 -0700
>> From: The Tech Writer <techwrtr -at- CRL -dot- COM>
>> Subject: Another name for Java?
>> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
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>> We just found out that while our new product will compile to Java code,
>> we cannot afford to pay Sun the 6-figure fee to become a licensee.
>> Therefore, we cannot call our manual (or the product) XYZ for Java. Is
>> there any other accepted name for Java? Or something that will lend
>> itself to sounding Java-like? Any suggestions gladly accepted.
I don't understand this. If you buy the Java SDK you have the right to
create Java programs. Why wouldn't you be able to say that it's a Java
program? Or is there something else here you haven't mentioned?
Peter Kent
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