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To: TokyoMex who wrote (1178)	3/20/1998 12:09:00 PM
From: DrMedina1	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 34592

Need to read the whole article more carefully, and can't get in to WSJ.com right now. But there's probably less here than meets the eye. Recreating Java from scratch is an enormous undertaking, and I don't believe that's what HP intends to do. Probably, they propose to make a Java interpreter (virtual machine, VM) that runs Java bytecodes (intermediate, pseudo-assembly output of Java compiler) more efficiently on HP products. Better VM's can only increase popularity of Java source code. However, SUN gives away the Java Development Kit (source & byte code generator), and makes money on licensing the VM. So if everyone makes their own VM, it's bad for SUN's business. Not really good for MSFT either, because if Java runs better, MSFT's proprietary strategy on everything is not helped. Further, it's bad for H-P, because no matter what SUN charges for the Java VM, it will cost more for H-P to make it. If it's optimized for H-P stuff, it can't be licensed to anybody else. It would be an uphill battle to overcome SUN's headstart and presumably superior understanding of the technology in any event. The only beneficiary of all this is the consumer, who will get better products (if H-P actually follows through and makes a product -- the whole thing might well be vaporware -- a negotiating tactic on royalties between H-P and SUN, with MSFT playing along to embarrass Scott McNealy). IMHO, of course.

To: TokyoMex who wrote (1178)	3/20/1998 12:18:00 PM
From: M. Frank Greiffenstein	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34592

WAVX looking good... IBM's booth featured WAVX products at a industry show this week. WAVX is a company that has a foot on both the tehcnology and content distribution sides of the e-commerce market. It manufactures a chip that acts as a meter of digital content usage, just think of a water meter sitting on your computer, or think of Pitney-Bowes postage meter that "weighs" how much you use. On the distribution side, it allows PC users to "rent" digital content such as art, games and productivity software. It has a sales division called "Great Stuff" where you can download Psygnosis games, HTML writers, Anne Rice fiction, etc. 4-6 million Aptivas with the WAVX chip are ocming out this Fall. Rumor is that OEMs are "stumbling over each other" to sign up with WAVX. The WAVX chip can help reduce cost of PC by giving boxmaker a cut of bundled software sales. THe potential here is incredible. It could also flop, as there are many competing e-commerce ideas and standards. Also, download times are long. WAVX has a very active thread here on SI. Sit down and lurk awhile... www.great-stuff.com/ www.wavesystems.com DocStone DocStone