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To: J R KARY who wrote (3793)	9/8/1998 12:04:00 PM
From: J R KARY	Read Replies (1) of 8218

Ut oh MSFT's Gates worried about IBM - why not the DOJ ? Monopolistic arrogance comes in many flavors and here MSFT the world's largest vendor of software aims to eliminate IBM competition: " They've (MSFT) seen off Netscape, they've seen off Novell. They're now aiming at IBM," Gantz said, ..." news.com A smooth talker , might explain why MSFT's lawyers did not include Gates as a witness in the DOJ defense . Then again maybe Gates sees his monopoly crumbling: " Sun does not need Java because they are a single platform company. IBM needs Java...Of the two companies, they are the ones more likely to make Java successful," he said. Earlier this summer, IBM opened a distinctly casual office on DeAnza Boulevard, across the street from Apple Computer and a few buildings away from some Sun offices. " news.com Jim K. PS: Interesting that AAPL intends to use IBM's new 400 mz PowerPC 750 as a "G3 MPU" , a SMP/JAVA server ?

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