Patrick Phalen <zope@teleo.net> writes:

Q. Why didn't Inferno kick Java's ass before Java got so much hype and attention? A. Because Lucent's CEO didn't even know it existed until well after the WWW got big. :(

His finding out about it stopped it dead, as far we and the world at large is concerned - it's a commercial asset now. We'll see it again in 5 years, perhaps. :) so-it-seems-ly-yrs, -Simon