I think sooner or later MS will be on the Java band wagon.They are still trying to figure how to monopolize it.
Microsoft hits the Java wall
pcweek.com
Microsoft Corp. may have successfully embraced and extended the Internet last year, but in its fight with Java and the NC, it doesn't seem to be landing many punches yet.
While Microsoft searches for the right message, pressure is mounting. For the past 18 months, Sun Microsystems Inc., Netscape Communications Corp., IBM and Oracle Corp. have been hammering out a
different message: The operating system is becoming obsolete.
This is FOOL CONFERENCE CALL SYNOPSIS on MS
fool.yahoo.com
The next major upgrade to the Office product suite won't come until fiscal 1999, so they expect those revenues to fall off after the
June and September quarters, leaving fiscal 1998 flat. NT and Back Office are expected to continue to grow but, with Windows and Office revenues expected to flatten out, growth will be more dependent on the server business which suffers from concerns about the NC, cost of
ownership, and scalability.
This tells me that Corel better get the Office Java out the door.
Go Java GO |
