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To: Scott McPeely who wrote (9632)	3/29/1998 10:15:00 PM
From: Kashish King	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10836

Are you really Scott McPeely or is it Bill Grates? Microsoft shills are welcome because the absurdity of their arguments only serves to highlight the shortcomings of the brittle trash-ware they call COM. Granted, Microsoft has suckered those who don't know any better but there are legions of programers who do.

To: Scott McPeely who wrote (9632)	3/29/1998 11:29:00 PM
From: Charles Hughes	Respond to of 10836

>>>No, the failure rate of software projects cannot be blamed on Bill Gates because why would so many companies be dumping Unix in favor of NT if the Unix hardware vendors were delivering the goods? The real issue here is two entirely different philosophies, Unix and Javabeans being programmer centric versus Windows and COM+ being user centric. Custom programming versus shrink wrap. Most programmers like the big bucks they can make by delivering custom solutions. A hetergenous environment is ideal for this. So its no suprise programmers love Java. The Java philosophy promotes either big IS departments (for programmers who want a life) or lucrative custom programming because the application needs to be ported, optimized, etc. because of the inability of "open standards" to achieve 100% compatability.<<<< Excuse me, but this seems like complete rubbish. The secret of Java is that it's heterogeneous? COM is user - centric? Java is loved by big IS departments? Programmers love it because they make more money on it? Buwahahahaha (:-) .... What MSFT bullshit-fest have you been attending? Let me ask you: How much training time do you think naive users are devoting to learning the interface of all those Java applets they use on the Internet? That's right, zero. They probably don't even know it's there. Compared to thousands a year per person for MSFT training of various kinds as they stay trapped in the upgrade mill. Cheers, Chaz