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To: Larry Sullivan who wrote (19)	10/15/1997 1:44:00 PM
From: Mark Finger	of 116

>>After reading this article I said to myself - Wow the whole Java >>industry in the year 2000 is projected to be smaller ($180 million) >>than even the yearly revenues of the worst selling office suite for >>Windows. As a developer (if I only did Java development) these >>numbers would be enough to drive me to do Windows development! You are doing the wrong comparison. You are comparing Java revenue to things end user packages like Microsoft Office, Corel WordPerfect Suite, and Lotus Smart Suite. This is the incorrect comparison. The article clearly identified the revenue as being from "developer" tools like Java tools and content development tools. While office suites have a potential market measured in hundred million, the number of reasonable customers for development tools is on the order of a million or 2. You should compare the Java revenues to C++ compilers for a more accurate comparison, and then draw your conclusions.

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