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To: cfimx who wrote (8583)	3/27/1998 10:13:00 AM
From: High-Tech East	Respond to of 64865

twister - it is so pleasant to hear you beating your drum again - and louder than ever too - such self confidence - I applaud your ability to articulate has grown in recent days and you are more sophisticated and enlightened as well and now mr mcpeely is blessing us with his presence - ahhh my java cup runneth over Ken Wilson

To: cfimx who wrote (8583)	3/27/1998 11:32:00 AM
From: Kashish King	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

Right, it's not the technology. It's who has the products. That's why the armies of Java developers represent such a threat to Microsoft which is losing track of which shops to buy out and till back under the soil from whence they came. If Microsoft loses the hearts and minds of developers to Java it will lose its monopoly position because their software will run on Java and on anything else with little or no effort -- increasingly, with little performance penalty either. Look, I don't blame you for swallowing the Microsoft line, hook and sinker. You are simply playing Follow the Leader and that's really the path of least resistance. Still there's a ditch filled with piping hot coffee which you are all going to fall into and the Microsoft coffee cups which are now being passed out aren't going to stop you from drowning or being boiled alive as you stroll over the edge and into the abyss. We know that 98% of the general populace doesn't get Java and we should not be surprised to discover some posting on this thread, as you have done. So just hold on to your seat and I promise I won't say I told you so as you're being boiled alive in that ravine of hot coffee Microsoft is directing you toward.

To: cfimx who wrote (8583)	3/30/1998 12:13:00 PM
From: Scott McPeely	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

Dear twister: I don't know what the marketplace wants anymore. I delivered the $800 NC at Javaone and now they tell me it has to be $400 because they will buy the $800 PC from the borg instead. Imagine, a $400 computer (wiping sweat off brow). It wasn't long ago when the cheapest computer we sold was $10000. Those were the good old days <sigh>. Well, anyways, we've still got the Java ring. They'll never take that away from us! Lets see what we have for email this morning on my Javastation. Well, the first one is from Gosling, our chief java guru, calling me a moron again. I really wish he would stop doing that. These Javastation's are great, they don't have that noisy fan of the workstation I used to use. I really don't understand why our employees don't want to use them. Uh, hang on here for a sec Twister, I've got Lou Gerster on line 1. Hello Lou, what did you think of Javaone? Ah huh, Ah huh. Of course Lou. We are totally committed to handing over control of Java to the proper standards body. We just have to make sure Java doesn't get ruined by the borg so we'll have to keep on setting the Java standard here at Javasoft until the forces of evil have been eliminated. Thanks Lou. Yeah, hockey practice went well but I think I pulled my groin again. Goodbye, and we'll talk to you later Lou. Sorry about that twister. That idiot Gerstner actually thinks we are going to give up control of Java. What does he think we are spending all that money on R&D for? To give it away to him for nothing? Hahaha