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To: Robert Winchell who wrote (234)	11/11/1997 1:03:00 AM
From: Gerald R. Lampton	Read Replies (2) of 1600

Dear Robert: >This is part of what I don't understand - Sun controls Java. Period. Why are people >deciding they would rather Sun control their destiny than MS control their destiny? >Also, why force all you developers to use the same language without exception? I'm sure that if positions were reversed, the corporate world would want an alternative to Sun. The point is: any time someone controls 90 percent of a resource that is vital to your business, you want alternatives. NOISE is the alternative to Microsoft. >You've hit on an important things- "Promises" write once-run everywhere. This is >simply not going to happen. Think of all the different Java Virtual Machines, on all the >different hardware, with different processing power and hardware. It just isn't going >to happen for any complex application. You are missing the point. You don't think Sun is working on these issues? Do you really think Java is going to stay static while Microsoft runs circles around it? Maybe it doesn't do everything it promises right now, but just wait 2 or 3 or 5 years. What is Microsoft's response going to be? "Windows everywhere"? Gimme a break! >This is a long way from proven. Again, you're missing the point. Windows 1.0 wasn't proven, either. But look what happended whne they got to 3.1! What's Mighty Microsaurus Rex going to do when we get to Java's equivalent of Windows 3.1? Java, with all its problems, is at the early stages of its development cycle. Windows is a mature product. Which do you think has the brighter future? >That being said, I think Java is an excellent language So why IS Microsoft so afraid of Java the platform? How come they didn't incorporate JFC and all the other technology Sun is suing Microsoft over? And if Java is such a lousy technology, when is Microsoft going to come up with a better cross-platform solution?

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