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To: John F. Dowd who wrote (12277)	11/18/1998 8:52:00 AM
From: Mike Milde	Read Replies (1) of 74651

<< MSFT has no obligation to support any application or language that is outside of the best interests of MSFT >> This really isn't important. There are lots of 3rd party Java runtimes. If the apps are developed and useful, then users will have a Java runtime, just like they went to Netscape for a web browser to view HTML. Can you honestly say that we'd never have had a web browser if Microsoft had chosen not to develop one? Of course not. Microsoft insisted that MSN was the world's network and turned its back to the Internet until it was obvious the Internet was growing faster than MSN. Then they finally gave in and offered a web browser. And don't make the mistake of thinking Java is an applet in a web browser. Microsoft isn't worried about applets right now. The threat over the next 2 to 5 years will be platform independent applications written in Java. Wide use of applications that arrive on demand (like applets) are a little further into the future in my opinion. Mike

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