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To: JC Jaros who wrote (19481)	9/8/1999 2:49:00 PM
From: Mitch Blevins	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

Did you notice that J-Bridge is out (early). Does GoJo/J-Bridge have any play on this application proxy thing? I was underimpressed with Go Joe, but did find J-Bridge to be interesting and hadn't noticed that it was shipping. I'll definitely look into it. Thanks for the heads-up! Also, you're an active fellow of the (Linux) community. Are you seeing a shift in individual geek sentiment toward the 'alliance' of the community and Sun? I'm getting a sense, especially after reading a few recent RedHat statements that there's a coming together of purpose and a scent of blood in the water. I think most Geeks already love Sun just because they have great products. There is certainly more goodwill between Linux/Sun simply because of a common "enemy". However, I think the StarOffice purchase is a non-event to most people already using Linux. StarOffice has been around for awhile, and is viewed mostly as a stop-gap measure until Gnome/KDE become Truly Useful(tm). Although the SCSL is better than it's previous license from Star Division, it is still unattractive to most developers, and will definitely not be good enough to be included in Debian. I think of MSOffice as being crap, and StarOffice as "a pale imitation of crap". What will be interesting is if SO begins to be bundled with newly sold Windows PCs. Most MSOffice users can't be persuaded to use StarOffice, but if enough PC newbies begin to use it, we could see a loosening of the grip MS has over its application monopoly. This will be beneficial to all (except, of course, MSFT), and help encourage open standards and interoperability in the application arena. I definitely consider Sun and its recent actions to be a Good Thing(tm). -Mitch