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To: John F. Dowd who wrote (66598)	4/2/2002 10:31:39 AM
From: John F. Dowd	Respond to of 74651

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To: John F. Dowd who wrote (66598)	4/2/2002 11:03:01 AM
From: jonkai	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

propaganda from MSFT sponsored organizations is not going to save MSFT in court, as MSFT found out the hard way last time, when they sponsored the same sort of misrepresentations.... you're probably the one investor that believed the letters sent from dead people to their congressmen sponsored by these same organizations.... I am glad that we have a first hand report.

To: John F. Dowd who wrote (66598)	4/2/2002 11:05:46 AM
From: dybdahl	Respond to of 74651

Having worked a lot with Windows technologies and also looked at Java, there is no doubt, that Java is better suited for large scale programming and programmer groups whereas most Microsoft technologies are best for home hobbyists and 1-5 programmer groups. If two tools are different, they will normally both have something they are best for. .net and Java will compete, and competition is good. Now that .net will also be mono compatible on Linux, we will have two technologies where Microsoft doesn't own any of them (unless mono and .net fork), and this is good. But there is also no doubt that Java has some very strong benefits when it comes to preserving the value of your source-code, and there are tools out there, that really increase the productivity of Java programmers (JBuilder etc.). .net is late and Java has the first mover advantage. Also, .net needs to prove that it runs stable on Solaris, Linux and other platforms before companies will make major investments into rewriting their code into .net technology, just like they did with Java. Dybdahl.