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Strategies & Market Trends : Cents and Sensibility - Kimberly and Friends' Consortium -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: EtTuBrute who wrote (37556)	12/2/1999 8:16:00 PM
From: puborectalis	Respond to of 108040

Interesting reading.......... Sun tech gurus predict Internet shake-out, flame Microsoft By Jan Stafford VARBusiness Menlo Park, Calif. 6:26 PM EST Thurs., Dec. 02, 1999 What will technology look like in the near future? Leading technologists from Sun Microsystems promise such techno-world happenings as super-scalable servers, sensor-filled rooms, and real-time rendering of 3D graphics. Oh, and they predict an Internet cataclysm. In a wide-ranging, crystal ball-peering, jam session Sun's tech gurus shared their visions, seasoned unsparingly with derision of Microsoft Corp., with a select group of industry journalists. The most controversial scenario discussed by Sun places the Internet market steaming toward an "Exxon Valdez-like disaster," according to Jeff Rulifson, Sun Technology Computer Systems director. He points to the lack of a single payment and security standard as an ominous sign. Further, Rulifson predicts that the arrival of a third generation of Internet-enabled cellular phones in late 2000 will spur a huge consolidation of services, likely into the hands of wireless communication companies. But perhaps the most incendiary comments were those about Microsoft and its chairman, Bill Gates. John Gage, Sun Microsystems' Science Office director says that it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas for charities and politicians favored by Microsoft Corp. The beleaguered software company will counter its bad press spurred by the Department of Justice brouhaha with philanthropy, he predicts. Calling Microsoft CEO Bill Gates a "perjurer," Gage--who co-founded Sun with Bill Joy--predicts that Microsoft will pump up its donations to educational institutions, the United Nations, and politicos to soften its image. Gage says Gates will be a reluctant philanthropist, however, as he's well-known for a being "a tightwad." He likens Gates to Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller, who built their fortunes with monopolistic, union-busting tactics, but later softened their images with big handouts. Gage says that Gates certainly wouldn't be remembered as a technologist, calling him "a fake" in that arena. He says Gates spouts off about technology in general terms and tells the DOJ that certain topics would be too technical for them to understand. When he's on the same stage with Sun's Bill Joy, however, "he shuts right up."