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Technology Stocks : Novell (NOVL) dirt cheap, good buy? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jack Whitley who wrote (18076)	10/22/1997 10:03:00 PM
From: 4-UR-Eyes-Only	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42771

More MSFT B**T: <<Microsoft spokesman Mark Murray acknowledged that the software giant had refused to allow Compaq Computer Corp (CPQ) from removing the Internet Explorer icon from the computer desktop. But he said Compaq and other computer manufacturers were free to include the desktop icon for the rival Netscape Communications Corp (NSCP) Navigator browser. ''This demonstrates a real misunderstanding on the part of the Justice Department,'' Murray said. ''We believe that Internet Explorer is an integrated feature of Windows,'' he said. ''We do not believe that computer manufacturers can break apart Windows and choose to ship one part or another. We license Windows to be shipped in its entirety by all computer manufacturers so users have a consistent experience.'' >> biz.yahoo.com

To: Jack Whitley who wrote (18076)	10/22/1997 10:18:00 PM
From: BP Ritchie	Respond to of 42771

Thanks Jack! and Welcome back! ... interesting Java opinion: Other than a few hand-picked firms, it's hard to find anyone doing anything on the Mac. Windows NT is getting fewer new applications, and even more important, some key tools and new versions of products haven't so much slipped as been delayed, because firms either are putting more resources into Web stuff or just can't get the best programmers to work on NT instead of Java. At every software company there's a pecking order for project desirability. Lowest on the level is any driver-related activity. Next is maintenance/bug fixes. At the top, the most desirable project used to be working on Windows 95 or NT. Now it's all Java. (See related story, "Wanted: Full-time Java developers.") URL: zdnet.com Snipped from the story: Talented contract programmers are a key resource for many IT professionals who need to balance workloads and priorities. And it's this audience that is moving most rapidly toward Web-based activities. Some friends of mine who are contractors of this caliber, for example, are no longer doing anything that's not Web-based--and they're booked solid for the next six months. They used to do production NT application rollouts and debugging. Snipped text ends here, my comments follow: Now ... if only Intel and Sun would put a JVM in ROM and so that it could be included with every PC MotherBoard ... nobody would need Windows anymore! >>>> for 4-UR-Eyes-Only <<<< ... Java by itself, or in it's current form won't do what you ask ... but with a little help from the right vendors it could come pretty close with less than a few months of development time. I imagine that anyone that tries to do this will certainly have their MicroSoft license agreements cancelled though!

To: Jack Whitley who wrote (18076)	10/22/1997 10:42:00 PM
From: Paul Fiondella	Respond to of 42771

Someone might want to check analysts for upgrades I heard on CNBC today a mention of an investment house in which they actually said that Novell was one of their holdings. That took bravery. Those big buys could simply mean more stock manipulators are moving in on the target.