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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...dummy, Gosling did nothing of the sort. But he did acknowledge that the "write once, run anywhere" promise of Java is at best half-brewed. And that, Microsoft hopes, will underscore its main point: That Sun's Java never worked as promised, which meant Redmond had to write its own version. Of course, Microsoft's version is hardly cross-platform -- it runs only on Windows machines. "This is the classic Microsoft argument," says TIME technology editor Philip Elmer-DeWitt. "If their rivals are having problems it's because they can't cut it, not because of anything Microsoft did." What...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Microsoft Says Java's a Bitter Brew | 12/3/1998 | See Source »

According to Echelman, the sculpture is meant to suggest human fragility and vulnerability. She compared the sculpture to clouds because of the ethereal nature of the material...

Author: By Molly J. Moore, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Adams Residents Create AIDS Awareness Sculpture | 12/1/1998 | See Source »

That, or I'll tell my "bookie" that I meant to say Carolina even though he heard Indianapolis...

Author: By Daniel G. Habib, | Title: Unofficials | 12/1/1998 | See Source »

...magazine you're reading is partly responsible. After Toy Fair '98, TIME ran a Techwatch item mentioning them. USA Today also noticed, and after an electronics fair in May, CBS This Morning did a segment. That ginned up interest last summer, even though Furby's complicated innards meant it wouldn't be ready for stores until fall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How The Furby Flies | 11/30/1998 | See Source »

...outburst last week--threatening to renew the intifadeh and warning Israel "our rifles are ready"--seemed strange, given that the Knesset was debating a controversial land transfer to the Palestinian Authority. According to a senior aide, however, the Chairman's remarks, to a gathering of his Fatah organization, were meant for local consumption only. Arafat, says the official, is furious with the group's secretary-general, MARWAN BARGHOUTI, who has led an anticorruption campaign within Fatah that culminated in an anti-P.A. riot in Ramallah last month. The ferocious rhetoric, says the source, was aimed at rallying Fatah activists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Near Miss | 11/30/1998 | See Source »

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