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To: Tony Viola who wrote (148662)	11/17/2001 12:09:28 PM
From: Dan3	Read Replies (6) \| Respond to of 186894

Re: You really ought to try to get a life. That's it, Tony. If you can't find fault with the message, attack the messenger.

To: Tony Viola who wrote (148662)	11/17/2001 12:43:02 PM
From: denni	Respond to of 186894

here is what marc says: While LoudCloud tries to see its own way to break even, it has a clear view of the technologies customers choose for new Internet applications. For large companies, says Andreessen, today's safe choice for computers remains the UNIX-platforms of Sun Microsystems. On top of those Sun systems, customers are running software from BEA Systems and Oracle. But every day, Microsoft's Windows software becomes a more viable alternative, says Andreessen. Microsoft offers its own alternatives to BEA and Oracle. And some folks are seriously experimenting with the Linux operating system that IBM has pushed as an alternative to both Sun and Microsoft. With few customers starting new software projects in the current economy, Microsoft and IBM have time to make their offerings more competitive in anticipation of a recovery. "If the economic recovery were to start tomorrow," says Andreessen, "then Sun, BEA and Oracle would remain the default platforms. But if the recovery doesn't happen for three or four years, then all these new technologies can incubate and become stronger alternatives." from wsj.com