[TriLUG] Re: Andrew Perrin's form question

[Tanner Lovelace]

On Tue, 2003-06-17 at 12:14, bp wrote:
> Jeremy Portzer wrote:
> 
> >Javascript is *NOT* Java!  Two completely different things.  Java is a
> >  
> >
> I always wondered how Netscape (inventor of Javascript) has managed to 
> not get sued by Sun?  These days, even Apple is getting sued for 
> labeling OS-X as "Unix Based".  -bp

Actually, Javascript was originally named Livescript and was
renamed Javascript when Netscape signed an agreement with
Sun to distribute Java.  I've always thought that was
a bad idea because it made things much more confusing.

Cheers,
Tanner
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