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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly?
MSFT 483.03+0.5%Dec 5 9:30 AM EST

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To: cheryl williamson who wrote (8423)6/12/1998 7:50:00 PM
From: Gerald Walls  Read Replies (2) of 74651
 
SUNW stopped sending Java source to MSFT last October, BEFORE the latest & greatest Java spec & libs were released. Since the Java community has gotten so large, it is MSFT that is out of step & will have a tough time selling Java apps.

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McNealy's motto: MSFT.., open it up or bust it up.


So much for the charade of Java being an "Open Standard." It sounds to me that Sun is intentionally trying to harm its competition by using its monopoly over Java's definition. The motto says it all...
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