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To: JC Jaros who wrote (23944)	12/3/1999 2:35:00 PM
From: Thomas Mercer-Hursh	Respond to of 64865

I think it is useful in this context to understand the way the three Sun Java products are being positioned. FJCE, which renamed NetBeans, is really Java for Dummies, i.e., something to get you started with almost no background, but not expected to get you very far on any very serious development project. FJIE, which doesn't exist yet, but which I understand will come from the NetBeans base, is one step up from this, i.e., enough to do a simple site with not too stringent requirements. Those two levels clearly belong on Linux for both development and deployment. FJEE is for doing the hard stuff. Market demand for Linux deployment at that level is certainly growing, but is really still just coming along -- this is, after all, where Sun/Solaris shines. FJEE development, well, maybe, but again I don't think the market pressure is that high yet.