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To: QwikSand who wrote (17000)	6/9/1999 5:03:00 PM
From: Mephisto	Read Replies (1) of 64865

[ I think that Sun, along with partners in both hardware and software, should be much more aggressive on creating an alternative desktop platform. You and I might differ on details of the platform (i.e., I see it mostly as a family of network computers based entirely on Java, some with local disks, some without), but that's a detail in the big picture. I think that the key missing ingredient is application software, and since Java is now so popular with software developers I don't understand why Sun hasn't done more in this area. If there's one piece of the SUNW puzzle that scares me, it's that Java application development isn't producing enough visible products despite the millions of Java books being sold. The Wintel juggernaut has desktop software developers of all stripes by the "short and curlies" and pays much more attention and money to that area than the Java contingent, which is a little too focussed on the server and the infrastructure of the future (viz. the MOT deal today) at the expense of present-day applications.] You are right again, QwikSand. Cheers, Mephisto

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