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To: Larry Sullivan who wrote (14282)11/19/1997 8:34:00 PM
From: cheryl williamson  Read Replies (2) of 24154
 
Larry,

I agree, being a replicator does not make MSFT evil or bad. They
are, however, extremely hypocritical when they whine in public
about how the DOJ complaint "stifles innovation" in the computer
industry because it threatens Windows. If MSFT would just kindly
step out of the way, innovation in the USA would go through the
roof.

Charles said it best when he stated that engineers consider MSFT
to be a technological black hole.

It's true, interpreted computer languages are not new. And, putting
the language interpreter in firmware is not new, either ( I seem to
remember ROM BASIC in the early PC ). Suns innovation for Java
is its promise of standardization and its scalability along with
optimizations that will allow it to run as fast as natively
compiled code. Now that is really something.

If MSFT wants to become known for innovation, they should start
submitting RFC's and send applications to ISO or IEEE or ANSI
for approval. It's not easy to get your standard adopted by the
rest of the industry, or even part of it. MSFT doesn't own any
standards that I know of, and they don't have the engineering
talent or corporate culture to encourage innovation.

cheers,

cherylw
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