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To: Reginald Middleton who wrote (18914)8/26/1999 5:37:00 PM
From: QwikSand  Read Replies (2) of 64865
 
I just read the Jesse article, and he does seem to have a point, a very good point that I have brought up many times in the MSFT thread.

I'm somewhat confused. I agree with the point that you make. I believe Sun is buying Star to give away an office suite (as most people believe). Where did Jesse Berst make that point in his article? As I read it, he makes the opposite point. He thinks McNealy is trying to compete with Microsoft on the conventional PC desktop. IMHO that is false, and obviously so. Berst tries to add Sun to the list of Lotus, Corel, etc. who failed while tried to sell office suites against M$. Missing the point.

In terms of Microsoft having a lock on anything, I'll believe that when I see it. IMHO Microsoft has no lock on anything broadband, and AT&T are no dummies either. WinCE will be crushed by Java. A free Java office suite will help. As for Java not being robust enough, etc. etc....ho hum.

Regards,
--QwikSand
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