From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pop-a065d19.pas.sa.earthlink.net ([207.217.121.253]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1CI8yk-0000Yp-00 for ; Thu, 14 Oct 2004 13:01:26 -0400 Received: from h-68-166-89-140.chcgilgm.covad.net ([68.166.89.140] helo=linserver.romuald.net.eu.org) by pop-a065d19.pas.sa.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1CI8yY-0003vF-00 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Thu, 14 Oct 2004 10:01:15 -0700 Received: (qmail 28652 invoked by uid 1023); 14 Oct 2004 17:01:11 -0000 Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 12:01:11 -0500 From: Gregory Nowak To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20041014170111.GA28294@romuald.net.eu.org> References: <20041014163522.GX10616@rednote.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; x-action=pgp-signed; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041014163522.GX10616@rednote.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i X-PGP-Key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc Subject: Re: Links the chain X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 17:01:31 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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. > - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBbrDX7s9z/XlyUyARAgYAAKCB+DaOszSpz07u9wtkn2N7cLPDGwCg4I/Q 3pzaGURzxzLY4zBVLmpVhqs= =qiTH -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----