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To: Neil S who wrote (15314)	3/20/1998 9:07:00 AM
From: KJ. Moy	Respond to of 29386

Neil, Is it fair to say HP and SUN do not look eye to eye.<g> KJ

To: Neil S who wrote (15314)	3/20/1998 10:31:00 AM
From: KJ. Moy	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 29386

Neil, HP's success is relevant to Ancor's at this point. I'll give my 2 cents at the bottom. <<<The Journal reported in its electronic edition that Hewlett-Packard has developed its own specifications and software for running Java programs on a range of electronic devices, including its computer printers. Hewlett-Packard now plans to compete with Sun, the creator of Java, by seeking customers for its technology, the paper said. It already has signed up Microsoft, the Journal said. Microsoft has agreed to use Hewlett-Packard's Java version with its Windows CE operating system, the paper said. The moves are a blow to Sun's bid to control the evolution of Java and come just days before a Sun-sponsored conference in San Francisco that is expected to draw more than 10,000 Java software programmers, the Journal said. Hewlett-Packard opted to act independently after getting fed up with what the company viewed as excessive licensing fees Sun is seeking for a consumer-electronics version of Java. >>> JAVA has great potentials and I don't blame SUN trying to dictate what everybody should do and pay a hefty licence fee along the way and get lock in. If you can do it, it's a great way to make a fortune. The source codes of JAVA is available and master by many experts in the industry. While I'm not a lawyer(this new JAVA may still pay a small fee to SUN?), the variation of HP's version would really jeopardize SUN's dominance of JAVA. It's a calculated risk from HP. HP has a hugh installed base of printers in the world. JAVA programmers would have to comply to this 'new JAVA' in order to print or print using HP's new features. Regradless what people say about paperless applications, a piece of print output is still popular, especially some nice graphics and colors. Microsoft has signed up. HP is in a good position. KJ