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To: joe caetano who wrote (9272)	3/11/1998 11:09:00 AM
From: J R KARY	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213173

A deal with the devil but maybe the devil blinked AAPL will license MSFT JAVA tech but ... : biz.yahoo.com " As part of the plans, Microsoft expects to license to Apple a variety of technologies including aspects of Microsoft's J/Direct(TM) API technology for incorporation into MRJ. This will allow software developers to create applications that meld the productivity of the Java language with the native capabilities of the Mac OS. Apple expects to incorporate this functionality into a future version of MRJ later this year. ... Microsoft Internet Explorer for the Macintosh will rely exclusively on MRJ as its Java virtual machine. " Sounds like the deal IBM just made with MSFT where IBM develops and supports MSFT's NT connections to IBM's mainframes . MSFT may be showing signs of the DOJ monkey and AAPL showing signs it can do a better JOB (hehehe) with JAVA . CNBC's Bruce Francis just gave a bullish report on the speculation surrounding Columbus . Jim K.