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To: Scott C. Lemon who wrote (18450)	11/11/1997 2:05:00 AM
From: Steve Fancy	Respond to of 42771

Hello again Scott. Ya, I know how MSFT works...this one's too obvious. The question is will anyone dispute it. We know Novell won't, although this is a SUNW problem, that could be Netware's downfall. Sun will probably respond, but MSFT will succeed in heavily advertising all of JAVA's inadequacies and creating heavy debate and increased concern. MSFT isn't playing this game to lose and is a power to be reckoned with. If they can shut JAVA down they win against both SUNW and Novell. Kill two birds with one stone. I hope Novell has some BIG tricks up it's sleeve in the near future (Comdex, earnings). Time is slipping away Scott, and on the surface, it looks, smells and feels like the same 'ole Novell. Good luck. sf sf

To: Scott C. Lemon who wrote (18450)	11/11/1997 12:03:00 PM
From: Joe Antol	Respond to of 42771

Hello Scott. Pardon me for jumping in. But, errr.. well... so what is or should I say who (John Slitz, Eric Schmidt?) gonna do about it? Prolly' nuttin'. Good luck. Regards, Joe...<when is Eric gonna really come clean and say the company is being "chopped" and "shopped"?>

To: Scott C. Lemon who wrote (18450)	11/11/1997 1:40:00 PM
From: Don Earl	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42771

Hi Scott, The sad fact is that the vast majority of the population knows absolutely nothing about how surveys are conducted or the very systematic and carefully planned ways that results are skewed well in advance of the actual survey. A reasonably intelligent person armed with all the facts on how surveys are conducted could easily see where the results of most surveys are statistically meaningless. The problem is that those facts are never easily obtainable and by the very nature of statistics, the concept of average intelligence means that half the population is below average. It's all about marketing. The guy with the best marketing wins. Regards, Don