... eSuite will have a 'deafening silence' of an impact on the NC market, I would estimate.
Sure, they (Big Blue) are so Java-oriented/committed; their motives, like Oracle's/Sun's are based on a very dodgy principle - ie, anti-Gates - none of that triumvirate 'believe' in Java/NC they just wish to seek revenge on Gates/Microsoft which is NOT a basis for any business-plan, let alone a 'new' technology ...
IBM are still very, very bitter re: being stitched-up by a young kid called Bill, all those years ago, re: DOS/Windows licensing - hence their ongoing aborted attempts to gain revenge - first OS/2 (ho!), then 'Warp' (ho-ho!!) now, ho-ho-ho, Java/eSuite/NC and being pals with their erstwhile foes Sun/Oracle - when this gang falls out (as it surely will in '98) eSuite/et al will join the list of failed attempts in this million-dollar bun-fight. Farcical - glad I have no stock interests in any of those three; bitterness, incompetence and crazed egos should not be in business.
They should all grow up and try and run their core business' - they could learn a lot from Microsoft, should they care to ...
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