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To: Ali Chen who wrote (41201)	11/30/1997 3:58:00 AM
From: Kashish King	Respond to of 186894

Microsoft's component architecture is responsible for the majority of the bloat and that's only getting worse as they move that brittle, bloated, ineffective and problematic architecture into the next generation of Windows. Microsoft keeps adding new tools and new coats of paint to patch, rework and work around this horrible morass but it's not working out very well. Java, on the other hand, is a far more elegant, secure, robust design based on a truly object-oriented design in a distributed environment. For completely different reasons, this new model also requires advanced computing power. My guess is that 1Ghz should be adequate for a single user workstation or NC, at least for a couple of years.

To: Ali Chen who wrote (41201)	11/30/1997 11:12:00 AM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Ali, why do I get the strange feeling that 5 years ago you were probably telling your software buddies. "Browser! Who needs that stupid device? Why don't we figure out how to make Word Perfect easier to use first! Who needs to connect to a bunch of idiots on that stupid Mosaic software anyway?" Michael

To: Ali Chen who wrote (41201)	11/30/1997 3:53:00 PM
From: Kashish King	Respond to of 186894

The strength in one's belief that current CPUs are sufficiently powerful appears to be directly proportional to one's position in AMD. The situation is only going to deteriorate as Intel moves to the quarter-micron technology. I believe there's a place for AMD processors -- temperature control for late-model slurpee machines and that sort of thing -- but they are hardly in a position to compete with Intel. The AMD product is as technically inferior in operation as it is socially unacceptable to own.