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To: techtonicbull who wrote (35600)	9/20/2000 9:03:22 AM
From: Michael F. Donadio	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

Techtonicbull, this part of the article specifically answers your question: The Java software competes with Windows, the operating system that Microsoft is trying to shrink to fit handheld computers and augment for powerful servers. In the Microsoft vision of the future, programs will run atop Windows instead of Java. But that's a vision Microsoft has had only modest success in making a reality. Sun hopes Java will make money chiefly by fostering new markets for powerful servers at telecommunications companies or other service providers. These are the servers from which games, stock quotes or restaurant locations will be downloaded. But Sun also makes money from licensing its Java technology. Using the Java brand requires that a company pass Java compatibility tests to make sure it works properly. Michael