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To: cAPSLOCK who wrote (8416)	3/20/1998 1:33:00 PM
From: Kal	Respond to of 64865

I commend your action.

To: cAPSLOCK who wrote (8416)	3/20/1998 1:52:00 PM
From: David Hsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

cAPSLOCK, I'm not sure that HP is subverting JAVA. It has been my limited experience that the financial press doesn't always understand the technology they write about. I remember IBM cancelling their plans for NetPC's and the financial community penalizing the NC companies when in fact it was a very positive move in favor of NC's over PC's. My reading of HP's press release is that they developed a Java Virtual machine for embedded devices that follows the Java standard and added their value with special classes (never intending to be "write once, run anywhere" in order to provide greater functionality and speed for embedded devices). In some sense, how can an embedded device have the same functionality of a workstation and vi-versa. The contention with Microsoft is that they market their special classes as 100% Pure Java when in fact it doesn't adhere to write once, run anywhere. I too look forward to Addi's point of view. Thanx Dave

To: cAPSLOCK who wrote (8416)	3/20/1998 5:24:00 PM
From: Nolan Toone	Respond to of 64865

An interesting article about Microsofts J-- from IBM! javausers.ihost.com

To: cAPSLOCK who wrote (8416)	3/20/1998 5:47:00 PM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 64865

I was a great fan of HWP, in my 20 year career in the electronic field most of the test equipment I purchased or worked with was HP. Even recently I was speaking highly of HP high standards. Today HP management shattered this view, and now I share the writers comments. From today on I will not recommend HP equipment or buy HP stock!! HP - shame on you, done all this only for not paying licensing fees to SUNW??? Haim P.S. I am not sure that HWP move will actually impact SUNW. The market needed an excuse to close around the 11,000 SUQCA option contracts. It was very clear from the stock action toward the close.