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To: derek cao who wrote (5364)	2/6/1998 5:47:00 PM
From: Joe Hoek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 19079

RE: NETSCAPE AND JAVA argument. There has been a lot of discussion out here about JAVA. ie netscape dropping java support, oracle doing everything in java, oracle better buy Netscape otherwise Microsoft will get control of JAVA yada yada yada..... First of all: Netscape does not own JAVA, Sun Microsystems (SUNW) does. They have been fighting with Microsoft because Microsoft is violating the licensing agreement from SUNW by changing the JAVA standards to fit their own needs. (As if Microsoft really had any real standards). Second of all: Netscape did not drop JAVA support, just the JAVA Virtual Machine (JVM). BIG difference. Third: No applications are written in JAVA. BULL. I work for a large company and we have a lot of applications written in JAVA, and more everyday. True not everything should be written in JAVA (like most of the bone head managers here thought they should be, just jumping on the next new buzz word). In fact I believe that the latest version of Corel Draw is written in pure JAVA, as is other commercially available software. The one thing I DO agree with is that ORACLE should not place so much time, effort and money into the Network Computer (NC, thin client etc). The reasons cited for the big drop in stock price, was that Oracle put too much into the NC, and dropped the ball on their DB sales (Wall Street Journal article). Larry's big push with the NC is because of Bill Gates buying the WebTV and it's a personal thing now. Their was an article just recently that 70 - 90 % of MIS managers said they would not buy into the NC, because no one wants to give up the flexibility of a PC. I know I wouldn't. So lets hope that Larry and Co. get back to what makes oracle so much money, Databases and integrated applications like Oracle Financials etc..... See you at 30 + real soon.