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To: micromike who wrote (8555)	3/26/1998 12:32:00 AM
From: Kashish King	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 64865

AH HA! HA! HA! HA! ORLANDO, Fla. . -- If you thought your office network was complicated, wait until you see Microsoft's plans for your home. The software chieftain outlined a home/small-office network plan that includes hubs and routers, multiple phone lines, Web-enabled phones, multiple monitor support, scanners, and advanced digital imaging. Right, I can just see builders lining up to buy proprietary hardware and software for their home phones, home entertainment unit and such so they can get ensure they get screwed down the road, big-time. What a joke. Bill Gates is looking toward the future but his ancient history software architecture would have better luck in the town of Bedrock. Meet the Gates, they're the modern, Stone Age family. Let's face it, Bill Gates still thinks like a console BASIC programmer and that's never going to change. Without HTML, XML, HTTP, IIOP, TCP/IP and other open protocols, the little nerd's OS is nothing more than a fat calculator.

To: micromike who wrote (8555)	3/26/1998 12:48:00 AM
From: Kashish King	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

I really don't understand the fuss about company X implementing their own JVM because that was supposedly the whole idea from day one. The issue is whether or not the intersection of the Java brand and other brands conform to the standard over which Sun has the final word. It seems to me that Sun should create a wholly independent software arm to oversee the specification process and stop asking Javasoft to walk the line. It's becoming problematic, at least that's the perception.