From: "Hal E. Fulton" <hal9000@...>
Date: 2002-04-02T04:30:24+09:00
Subject: Re: Sun Microsystems Buys Rights to Ruby

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <james@rubyxml.com>
To: "ruby-talk ML" <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 11:52 AM
Subject: Sun Microsystems Buys Rights to Ruby


> I'm surprised nobody in the list has mentioned this.  I read in a ZDNet
> newsletter thing that Sun decided Ruby was "almost as well designed" as
> Java(tm), and negotiated a deal to buy the rights to Ruby.

:) Is this a joke or a meta-joke? 

I mean, does the ZDNet note exist or did you make it up? If it exists,
can you point us to it?

Thanks,
Hal Fulton