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Java isn't just a bonus to Sun, it's absolutely critical. Perhaps not to this years revenues, but to the years which follow. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that Sun will or must derive revenues directly from Java; what I am saying is that Java had better establish itself as the de facto standard for client-side devices or Sun's servers are going to find their market slowly evaporating. I think the chances of Java becoming the de facto standard are 100%, but if it's Microsoft's version of Java then where are we? We are on the cusp, one of Grove's so-called technological inflection points. Sun, IBM, Sony, Motorola, Oracle and even HP must establish a common basis and compete above it or it's game, set, match, tournament and authority to rewrite the rules to Microsoft. |
