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To: Lawrence Petkus who wrote (19119)	12/15/1997 7:23:00 AM
From: BP Ritchie	of 42771

It's CORBA, not Cobra. From what I've seen Novell's actions regarding Java are very likely to produce substantial benefit, with very little risk to Novell ... the bigger risk is undertaken by Sun. I'll look for the link info later today to see what this guy is talking about, but suspect that is only another MS-sponsored 'spin' as Java implements CORBA and does not compete against it. It might be as simple as the observation that Java will likely become the most popular CORBA implementation and will be required on all platforms that participate in the CORBA 'broker' networks. FWIW ... CORBA is an acronym. Common Object Request Broker Architecture ... essentially describes the 'rules' for the exchange of Common (multi-platform) Object (programming and/or data elements) that can be Requested from a Broker (repository of the objects) ... intended to be used in Network applications. Java is the first language that has been designed specifically for this purpose ... to use it completely requires the '100% pure Java' JVM that Sun is suing MicroSoft about. Microsoft Windows is the platform that most of the developers of Java object are expected to use for development, MSFT has recently 'replaced' some of the JVM support with the intention of preventing the developed code from running on other platforms, instead restricting the resulting runtime code to a Windows only JVM design. Most of the investment in Java 'components' is being made by IBM, in Java architecture & support by Sun ... the Java toolset that Novell uses is supplied (at very little cost) by Sun. The major benefit for vendors will actually be realized on all NON-MSFT Servers ... whichever company has the most servers will probably get the most benefit ... sure looks like a very good decision for Novell to me! And sure looks like a very important 'target' for MSFT FUD too!

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