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To: shades who wrote (25742)	12/10/1997 9:25:00 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 55532

OFF TOPIC, (I realize this is not pertinent to this thread) Shades, You sure covered a lot of ground with that response. So what you're telling is that Microsoft NT should become the predominant networking platform and that Java should be "bastardize" to solely run on MSFT platforms?? In essence, your support of MSFT policy towards Java would indicate this since it is not cross-platform capable. And this was the purpose for Java in the first place. Unix is a well-established and mature O/S and handles issues of scalability far more readily that NT. As for cheap labor resources, I guess that Gates will be paying the prevailing US wage to all of those software "hackers" he is hiring in India?? And MSFT doesn't just gobble up competitive technologies, it seeks to eliminate them as a force for competition. MSFT code writers are apparently some of the sloppiest in the industry according to many of my computer literate associates. Just look at the size of the Win95 operating system vs APPL's. Application sizes are ofter 2-3 times larger, thus absorbing more of your hard-drive resources. As for SUNW lying, I think you may be correct. They finagled their hardware to meet the test standards. However, I also believe that the difference in performance was not extreme. And SUNW Java runs on everything, including MSFT platforms. And then you have all of those licensees (116+) who have no desire to be forced to rely on bloated MSFT code. As for links, I suggest that you look at this one: standishgroup.com And if you didn't catch the shenanigans that MSFT resorts to, just remember that many of those "expert" opinions writing about how great NT is also seem to receive financial patronage from MSFT. That's all from me on this topic, on this thread. Regards, Ron