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To: Dr. J who wrote (2099)	1/9/1998 11:19:00 AM
From: carl griffith	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3014

JAG/Dr J/et al ... JAG, you ask what I like about APLX? Much. Whilst the founder, Jit Saxena, is still involved this is a company worth believing in, my main frustration has always been their diversification and shifting of emphasis of their product line - this flexibility is/was a double-edged sword that was lent by the very nature of the wonderful adaptability of Applix's code via the ELF language - unfortunately it meant too many niches could be aimed at - the success tasted in the financial real-time markets could be replicated and expanded upon with the impressive OLAP technology via TM1 acquisition - this is principally why I still hold stock and believe in them - I am not being negative at all, have too many memories (good and some bad!) to be subjectively negative about APLX. I believe I am objectively frustrated about APLX, that's all ...! I just see little/no future in generic (Java enabled or not!) service-desk and office productivity s/ware - if they could somehow get their Java/etc skills adopted by the consumer-market oriented NC vendors then maybe - but not generic office tools vs. MSFT - that is a non-starter, whatever you think (with respect) you anti-MSFT folks in this thread. APLX is more akin - or could be - to DIBA, who Sun Micro recently acquired, for I think some $80m - and that was a start-up with no solutions just lots of neat ideas in consumer-oriented NC paradigm market. On that basis APLX would be worth $160m+(!). Dr J, PLEASE do not even speculate that CA may acquire APLX - what a kiss of death that would be! So, lots to be upbeat about - I do not prophecy doom and gloom, merely I sometimes express frustration at this 'treading water' stage of the company's development - they/we deserve better. And yes, Dr J, your estimates on ratios of C/VB/Java developers are very accurate ... Because of Yr2000, Cobol is actually in more demand in many IT sectors than ANY of the above languages, anyway(!). Believe it. Regards Carl

To: Dr. J who wrote (2099)	1/9/1998 11:58:00 AM
From: Kashish King	Respond to of 3014

The last Computerworld survey I saw showed 7m+ VB developers and < 1m C++ developers. That's sheer nonsense. Microsoft's inflated claims for VB developers is still under 3 million (read: less than) as of January 1998, and even Microsoft itself places Java developers in the 300,000 plus category -- over six months ago. As for the claim that there are less than 1 million C++ developers, I assume a zero was left off that estimate because nobody with anything approaching the notion of what a foggy idea might look like would make such an asinine claim.