Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : All About Sun Microsystems -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DownSouth who wrote (6012)	12/6/1997 5:08:00 PM
From: Charles Tutt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

I didn't besmirch anyone's professionalism. NT has the baggage of needing to remain compatible (at least somewhat) with its IMHO poorly designed and implemented forebears. Also IMHO Unix has a lead of several years that Microsoft will be unable to close simply by throwing manpower at it -- read The Mythical Man Month for (anecdotal, I know) evidence of how hard that can be. If MSFT is readily able to cure NT's performance, why hasn't it done so? I have no clue what the last sentence in your first paragraph is trying to convey. Are you saying one or the other camp is blind to its own weaknesses? Which camp and what weaknesses? JMHO, of course.

To: DownSouth who wrote (6012)	12/7/1997 3:41:00 AM
From: Kashish King	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

NT is quickly becoming the server of choice for small PC networks and if they can capture that market they will have all the time in the world to leverage that into their next generation OS. There are two factors working against that: their problematic component architecture for networked applications on one end and a superior alternative in the form of Java-based applications on the other. There's little doubt that Java will become the de facto standard for networked applications and IBM's, Oracle's and Sun's customers don't need the DOJ to make that decision for them. Speaking of decisions, it's software availability which will really decide this and the 700,000 plus Java developers will ensure there is a steady supply of components to support major efforts like the eSuite. STOCK PRICE PREDICTIONS FOR DEC 1 1998: SUNW $60 MSFT $100 IBM $180