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To: Scotsman who wrote (8334)	3/14/1998 12:48:00 PM
From: Stormweaver	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

Didn't see the logic in your message? Java is a great thing but Sun survives based on it's UNIX and now mid to high-end boxes (hardware company); both of which are probably the best in the biz and are continuing to grow as the UNIX market consolidates on Sun + Solaris. wrt to Java any company/developer that intends to develop Java apps would be foolish not to stick to the standard JDK/JFC as much as possible. The power of Java is that pure Java apps are platform independant. Using MSFT tools such as J++/JDirect/WFC only chains applications to the MSFT environment ... limiting future portability. MSFT's attempt to create their own dysfunctional Java environment will be interesting but I suspect end in failure. As a developer I do not know of any company going in the MSFT direction wrt to Java development. Pure JDK/JFC along with Symantec visual tools is the direction I see; Symantec has the best IDE. As an investor I see exponential growth in the low and high end Server market for SUNW along with increasing licenses for their UNIX + unbundled products for the short to mid term: through FY98.