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To: David R who wrote (9581)	3/25/1998 10:18:00 PM
From: Kashish King	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10836

Near total world dominance in anything is no mean feat and that's precisely where Java is headed in terms of an application platform. Java will clearly be the lingua franca of network computing but it may surprise some to know that other languages can, will, and have been ported to run in a pure Java environment. So Java really is a language, but it's only an academic curiosity without a set of real-world components and services to be driven by it. Anyone who doesn't think Java is a platform needs to ask themselves how it is that non-Java languages run on it. Microsoft is losing ground and the recent announcement that they will exceed the current revenue projections is an interesting development. Not the projections themselves, but the announcement itself. IMO, Microsoft is just this side of growth curve and in six months to a year they will have peaked. Mark my words: Office will be casualty #1 unless and until they decide they want to give it away for a song (something other than I'm In the Money) they will be swept aside for Java-based office suites which run anywhere, anytime on anything that supports Java. The real beauty of Java office-packs is that file formats can all be in XML or some other open standard.

To: David R who wrote (9581)	3/27/1998 4:10:00 AM
From: Kashish King	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10836

As far as MS is concerned, Java is just a language. Hence they have produced one of the finest Java Language tools for Windows. Does Microsoft Java support Java Beans? What they have done is bring Java down to the 1985, C-based design of Windows versus delivering a modern, interactive component-based tool. I can only scratch my head in dismay when I read some of the statements you make. I think you've demonstrated rather completely your lack of understanding of modern, object-oriented technology. I don't make that comment lightly or to kick up dust, it's just that I don't know how else to counter such absurd comments short of letting them slide. The problem is they do impact those who are not involved in this industry despite having no basis in reality whatsoever. Think: you swallow the naive bait that Microsoft puts out on every single solitary point. If it's not the Java is just a language issue it's something else. Start thinking and stop parroting.