NOVELL - NOW THAT YOU HAVE A SUN BRETHEREN - GET AN ATTITUDE!!!!!!!
See how McNealy does it. IT's EASY! JUST "TRASH THEM"!!!!!!!!!!!
WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF ???????? JUST "TRASH THEM"!!!!!!
PS: CALL ME, AND I'LL SHOW YOU HOW TO DO IT! (Only now it's not for free <grin>)
Joe... monmouth.com
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McNealy takes shots at Microsoft, spurs
developers to back Java
By Jeff Walsh
InfoWorld Electric
Posted at 11:22 AM PT, Apr 3, 1997
SAN FRANCISCO -- Sun Microsystems chief Scott McNealy took the usual stabs at
Microsoft Thursday during his keynote speech at the JavaOne Developer's Conference here,
while he also championed the security features within the Java language vs. those in ActiveX.
McNealy used the keynote to rally the troops to keep advancing Java.
"Keep doing what you're doing. I believe there's a big opportunity for all out here. Java puts
the power in the hands of the author and not the publisher," said McNealy.
Microsoft, McNealy noted, is an "awesome publisher," but said the network has changed
that model.
"Stop asking 'where you do want to go today?' and ask 'What do I want to get done
today?" McNealy said, playing off Microsoft's marketing slogan.
Just a day after Microsoft CEO pledged allegiance to Java in a speech at JavaOne,
McNealy questioned the Redmond, Wash., company's commitment, saying that Microsoft
may be 100 percent committed to Java, but it's not 100 percent Pure Java. (See "Gates
touts Windows strengths as Microsoft embraces Java, enjoins ActiveX with Java Beans.")
Underscoring that point, McNealy said he is constantly asked if Microsoft, or even Sun, has
the ability to hijack Java.
"I don't feel like we can hijack Java. Either it's Java or it's not. If it passes the test, it's Java,"
McNealy said.
Highlighting with humor his point about security, McNealy offered up the following equation:
ActiveX = Java + porting + memory loss + viruses. He then dedicated some of his keynote
time to running a demo put together by Fred McLean, who created a Web page
championing the shortcomings of ActiveX.
The demo drops from Windows to DOS and types on the command line, formats a floppy
disk, uses system search capabilities to find Quicken financial files and uses the system
calculator to determine that person's net worth. The demo then launches TurboTax and
started propagating information into the tax forms, which can be filed electronically.
McLean also wrote Internet "Exploder" for his Web page, which he showed using ActiveX
to shut down the user's computer system, provided it was Windows running on an Intel chip.
Sun Microsystems Inc., in Mountain View, Calif., can be reached at sun.com.
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