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To: Charles Hughes who wrote (9731)	4/3/1998 9:04:00 AM
From: Bipin Prasad	Respond to of 10836

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To: Charles Hughes who wrote (9731)	4/5/1998 7:20:00 PM
From: Howard Armstrong	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10836

I agree that much of Java is unstable, the AWT (the graphical classes) are still not working very well, and few applications written in Java are on the market (an indication that Java does not work well enough yet)... however, in almost all of the Fortune 1000 companies I visit, there is a very big push to Java. Java is the language that developers want: 1) object-oriented, 2) Easier to learn/use than C++, 3) Open, runs on anything, 4) Free, just download it from Javasoft, 5) Supported by hundreds of vendors, 6) A way to fight MSFT, 7) A way for old, money-losing software companies like BORL and IFMX to look like they're state-of-the-art. Java is definately the wave of the future ... and the present. Just expect a lot of frustrations for the next couple of years if you develop in it, because much of it is not mature.