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To: uu who wrote (8360)	3/16/1998 1:30:00 AM
From: David W. Taylor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

Using whatever MS eventually decides to call their version of Java is still a much better choice than using C++ or even Visual Basic. This is not a hard choice. If MS is honorable they will change the name to Visual J++ and then everyone will get on with their lives!

To: uu who wrote (8360)	3/16/1998 11:48:00 AM
From: Babu Arunachalam	Respond to of 64865

>>>> I do have one question though, Why have you been doing Java development if your targeted computing OS is MS Windows? Surely if you are strictly developing applications for MS windows there are much better ways of doing things than Java! Using Java to strictly write Windows applications makes as much sense as learning Hebrew and trying to speak it as an everyday language in Iraq, or Lybia! >>>>> Hello Addi, Java is not viewed as a cross platform development environment but JUST as a programming language by Microsoft. They accept that fact that it is 3 or 5 times faster to develop CORRECT (less bugs) applications in Java than in C++ or any other language. That's their arguement to use Java - as a programming language. It makes sense to anyone who doesn't understand the thin client computing model or what cross platform really means (to develop your applications today and irrespective of the direction of hardware technology tommorrow you can use your applications). Unfortunately, the tech world will not believe in Sun's computing model until they've seen some results. Till Sun brings out their Javastations, Servers and applications, Microsoft would continue to take advantage of their arguement that Java is just a programming language. Cheers, Babu