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Technology Stocks : All About Sun Microsystems
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To: QwikSand who wrote (51706)9/18/2002 4:37:33 PM
From: cfimx  Read Replies (1) of 64865
 
>>Java. Success in that case wasn't defined as direct revenue, it was defined as making holes in the MSFT/Wintel monopoly so that Sun hardware platforms remained relevant. It's an unhappy position to be in, but that's what it was.

I was wondering when I could resurrect my favorite comment from the "bubble."

SUNCOM has never made a DIME off of JAVA, and never will.

That felt good. <G>
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