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Re:Fixing JavaScript's Date (2017) by gruez on Thursday February 27, 2020 @09:06PM (#22439939)
>At the time, Sun was pushing Java hard. Netscape wanted in on that. [...] He'd have probably been taken off the project.

Can you elaborate on this? Was netscape owned/funded by Sun?

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Re:Fixing JavaScript's Date (2017) by tyingq on Thursday February 27, 2020 @11:26PM (#22440513)
There was a partnership. The CNet article is still around. https://www.cnet.com/news/netscape-and-sun-unveil-javascript...
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