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To: JC Jaros who wrote (18217)	7/27/1999 2:03:00 AM
From: QwikSand	Read Replies (1) of 64865

Did you find anything on that 'server' product?? I couldn't get a link from the website. Nor I, but I'll keep looking tomorrow. Actually the more I think about Sun acquiring Star Division, the better I like it. If horizontal software goes to free, then M$ goes to sht. I can see SUNW picking up Star Division, giving away the end user Java-version seats and selling the server in the enterprise, giving away (or nearly so) both the Java and Windows versions to individuals. Thus you have a frontal attack on M$ desktop dominance: a low-cost portable substitute for Fat Bastard Office $2000, hence a painless home and office compatibility/transition scheme away from it, pushed by a major player(s). M$ loses the lock on the most valuable thing it has: the Office horizontal app monopoly; the whole thing turns into a juggernaut for selling both Sun's hardware and its computing vision. The IBM/Lotus perspective on this would be most interesting if it were to really happen. Microsoft has made us forget about a world where there is freedom of choice WITH compatibility (because what users don't* want is a return to the 80's with 25 different incompatible word processors). Sun & IBM could work to bring it back by making StarOffice & SmartSuite object- and document-compatible, Java-based, and mostly free. Kaboom goes Microsoft with its multi-hundred $$$ crapware packages and Mafia-style contracts. Nifty thought, but it's probably just a rumor. Regards, --QwikSand

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