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To: Valley Girl who wrote (35104)	12/6/1999 11:19:00 AM
From: Daniel Schuh	Respond to of 74651

Aside from which, Microsoft may have pulled the plug on its own Java development. Or maybe not. The latest in the saga from the ever cheeky Register: theregister.co.uk Gratuitous excerpt: "We stand behind the innovations first surfaced in Visual J++ and want to see them continue," he said. "Unfortunately, there is a cloud of doubt over the industry's ability to innovate and advance Java long term. Until we receive and understand some rulings currently pending before the court hearing the Java lawsuit we cannot make announcements on future Visual J++ product strategy." So here we have a Microsoft employee having a dig at Sun (the "ability to innovate" bit) and claiming that the company can make no announcements on its plans for Visual J++ -- at the same time as saying that the plan isn't to sell it off. If Goodhew is so sure of the latter, why the former arse-covering? Could it be that the original sources have something after all? Since Microsoft is preparing a C++ based alternative to Java, dubbed Cool -- as a number of unrelated developer sources have pointed out to The Register -- the future of Visual J++ remains open to question. Certainly Microsoft isn't going to say, one way or the other.

To: Valley Girl who wrote (35104)	12/6/1999 11:33:00 AM
From: The Duke of URL©	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

I think this InfoWorld article has a clearer analysis of SUNW's real intent to control Java to not make it an open standard. I don't think they are fooling anyone except maybe the DOJ: "Sun's proprietary claims over all things Java might spell the end of its second bid to have the technology validated as a formal industry standard..." infoworld.com Most people building Java applications today probably think ECMA is a skin disease. I think you underestimate the intelligence and understanding of applications programers and end users who will REFUSE to be locked into a closed system. O/S2 flopped for Just this reason. Oh, Yoo Hoo, Cheryl?!?!? :) Donde Esta? Duke