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Technology Stocks : Will SUNW bring down MSFT? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (828)	11/10/1997 11:12:00 AM
From: Daniel Schuh	Respond to of 878

Developers object to JavaSoft practices infoworld.com Oh oh. Sun better be careful here. I've long spoken up for them on the war with Microsoft, but they got to keep their allies happy, or Java is dead meat. Independent developers are now saying that JavaSoft is using "heavy-handed licensing practices" in an effort to restrict development of Java Virtual Machines (JVMs). And some JVM vendors are now balking at having to forfeit intellectual property, pay high licensing fees, and in some cases turn over a portion of their revenue in order to ensure compliance with JavaSoft's JVM technology. "Sun can't tell the government, the industry, and the world that Java is an open standard and then employ heavy-handed licensing practices with small companies," said a representative of a JVM vendor who asked not to be named. Some of Sun's key partners also are objecting to JavaSoft's tactics. "They're under direct orders these days to start making money. They're acting less for the good of the world, sometimes intervening where they have no expertise," said an IBM executive, who also asked not to be named. With respect to Ron's post, of course, the answer is NOISE- Netscape, Oracle, IBM, Sun, and Everyone else. Started out as a derisive acronym from Microsoft, but I sorta like it. A tough alliance to hold together, Sun's done pretty good so far but the above story gives me pause. On the other hand, with Microsoft at war against Java I'm always a little sceptical about where these stories come from. On the other other hand, IBM is much the key player here. Sun has a tricky game to play, understandably they want to make money on the deal, but they can't go it alone against Microsoft. Unless they got something really revolutionary and earth shattering under the covers, which I somewhat doubt. We'll see. Cheers, Dan.