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To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (14520)	11/27/1997 10:00:00 AM
From: Keith Hankin	Respond to of 24154

Actually, I forgot about Pat Buchanan. Self-righteous religious populist that he is. He seems to have modelled himself after Bryan.

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (14520)	11/30/1997 1:07:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24154

Sabotaging Java hurts Microsoft's industry credibility infoworld.com So, to get away from the digressionist drug and tobacco posts, we have this week's columns from Infoworld, where as usual Bill takes his hits. To start with, something on my favorite, the Microsoft war on Java. The best resource I've found to understand exactly how Microsoft has tried to sabotage the promise of a platform-independent Java is a description of Explorer 4.0 by writer John Zukowski. His article, from JavaWorld, can be found at javaworld.com. In a step-by-step analysis, Zukowski details at least seven different areas where Microsoft has changed Java in Explorer 4.0. ... The immediate effect of Microsoft's sabotage of Java is on companies and developers that believed that Microsoft might actually support the emerging industry standard. [Me: remember what P.T. Barnum said...] So far, 5,000 developers have joined an organization called Java Lobby to defend their livelihood (http://www.javalobby.org). But the long-term effect will be on all computer users who had hoped that things would become simpler and easier. It looks like we are all going to have to work toward cheaper and better computer devices without Microsoft in the lead. I can hardly see, after this stab in the back by Microsoft, why any well-managed company would consider entering into a contract that depends on Microsoft's doing anything it says it will do. Microsoft has posted a page making its position clear: "Microsoft is not committed to supporting any class library that happens to be given the Java name." (See microsoft.com Such arrogance will only hurt Microsoft in the end. It will help companies that offer real standards give us true independence. Oops, a little long in the excerpt department again. Infoworld is just a den of Microskeptics. This was Brian Livingston, who I'd never noticed before. I welcome him with open arms to the sacred fellowship of the ilk. Cheers, Dan. P.S. I'm in no position to criticize digressionist posts, of course, so I'll repeat that I disagree with the U.S. war on drugs, and Philip Morris has big Wisconsin holdings and is a favorite of the guv, and leave it at that. (ok, a quick aside to Bill Jackson, did you know that carrying large amounts of cash is considered evidence of drug dealings, and thus subject to confiscation, in the US? And once it's confiscated, it's up to you to prove it's really yours, and wasn't gotten from drug dealings, if you want it back? Due process and all that unreasonable search and seizure stuff in the Constitution, who needs it? Most $100 bills are contaminated with cocaine. I guess you really have to launder your money if you need to carry cash)