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To: JC Jaros who wrote (49640)	9/21/2000 4:53:22 AM
From: keithsha	Read Replies (2) of 74651

We have 6 million registered VS developers. Most of those purchase their tools and reference material via MSDN or through Enterprise Agreements, our large volume purchase agreements. Comparing retail sales of developer products and related tools is a specious argument at best. Using your logic, you could conclude that a large percentage of retail sales of Java based tools and books means that it is being used by hobbists and the curious rather than professional developers. As for tools revenue we haven't versioned VS in almost 3 years. So the VS 6 that a developer bought way back when is still current with web updates. They know it already and don't generally need the latest version of Java for Dummies. Visual Studio.Net is the next upgrade cycle and will bring strong growth. As for your questioning of my motives, it is a classic ad hominem of attacking the character or circumstances of the person rather than their assertion. My standing has nothing to do with the the truth or falsity of the proposition being defended. Keith

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