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To: fuzzymath who wrote (24263)	12/7/1999 7:07:00 PM
From: Thomas Mercer-Hursh	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 64865

I think you might be over-reacting. I am sure there will still be some kind of standards effort, just not through the dinosaurs. Look at what W3C is getting accomplished through a sort of benevolent dictatorship approach to standards.

To: fuzzymath who wrote (24263)	12/7/1999 7:15:00 PM
From: Michael F. Donadio	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 64865

Fuzzy, here is another opinion: Message 12217085 << To: +Bill Fischofer (2362 ) From: +Bill Fischofer Tuesday, Dec 7 1999 6:52PM ET Reply # of 2363 Sun reverses plan for Java standard See news.cnet.com for the latest news. SUNW has now decided that it's taking its Java ball and going home. This will prove to be a very costly mistake. I fully expect IBM and others will now back some clone and move the standardization process forward without SUNW.>> My reaction is SUNW must have felt that the JAVA standard would become too divergent, like what happened to UNIX, and essentially fragment the market. A lesson SUNW won't forget. They had an arrangement with ECMA which was not adhered too and gave too much possible control to MSFT. I trust SUNW is doing what it feels it must do to maintain Java as the Lingua franca. It again points to SUNW as the leader. Group standardization seems hopeless in the current environment. English hasn't become the dominant language by committee but by influence. If vested interests are to be what controls, I have more faith in SUNW's guidance both in terms of its ethical standards and its rights as the creator. I believe SUNW has the momentum that the others lack. Tune in same time, next year. "The games afoot". Michael