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To: Shawn M. Downey who wrote (899)	1/6/1997 12:30:00 PM
From: Nolan Toone	of 918

> Java is a simple and eligant language. Correct. > But has any company ever made a fortune on a language? Not that I know of except as a lever for applications as pointed out by others on this thread. > Isn't the "definition" of Java in the public domain? Yes. > To my knowledge, Fortran, Basic, C, C++ did not make anyone rich. Those who could leverage them correctly did. > I mean couldnt someone reverse engineer a Java compiler from a white paper? I really dont know. Yes and they have. There have been several "Clean room" implementations of Java such as Roaster and I think the OSF group is doing (has done??) one. The big advantage that I think Sun is going to see from Java is (Short term) a calling card into many companies to sell other products. and long term more flexibility. I have heard too often how companies have ignored other OS's because the applications are not there. The OS would have been better for the Company but if they couldn't get the software they needed what good was it. Well, Java can change that and allow more competition in the OS arena and I think Sun can benifit a great deal from that. (being an initial implementer of those applications couldn't hurt either :->) N. Toone Just speaking for me and not for anyone else.

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