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To: Kashish King who wrote (26078)	11/20/1997 1:41:00 PM
From: Bill Jackson	Respond to of 1583391

Thanks Rod, Having a standards monolith, as Sun has shown with its recent lawsuit, is highly advisable and I am glad to see it come to pass. Bill

To: Kashish King who wrote (26078)	11/20/1997 2:36:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1583391

Rod - Re: " It has been demonstrated, categorically, that more effective applications can be developed in less time with less support costs and way smaller footprints than Microsoft has done." I suggest you study Corel Corp. and their commitment to Java, made about 18 t 24 months ago. They attempted to port all their "office" software - Wordperfect, Quattro Pro, Corel Draw, etc. - to JAVA. Study the results - they have been documented recently in PC Week and other pertinent publications. You will learn why Corel is in deep trouble today - and why NONE OF THEIR software currently runs under Java. Paul