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To: Stormweaver who wrote (17636)	7/6/1999 4:47:00 PM
From: C David White	Respond to of 64865

James wrote: Let me inject some reality, Java is nice but let's remember the real slogan is "Write once and Debug everywhere". I do like Java but let's not kid ourselves since everytime you move your code to a new OS or new JVM you need to re-test it. The SUN JDK was/is no buggier than the MSFT JVM and until Symantec's recent JIT, MSFT JVM was the quickest on NT. Actually, I agree with most of this. It's no more universal than most of us would have expected. I have found the MSFT VM to be slower and more difficult to profile with, compared to the Sun and Symantec VM's. And it's hardly surprising, is it, that MS had the fastest VM on their own platform. That's a symptom of their deck-stacking, not an indication of their technical excellence, IMO. With regard to security, are you aware of any Java problems to rival those caused by MS Office? I'll stand by my earlier prediction: I think someone besides MSFT will win the appliance OS war -- I don't know if it will be Psion, 3Com, BeOS, or who -- but I'm betting against MSFT in my training and in my investing. I'll just have to hope for the best (for me, not MSFT!).