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To: FJB who wrote (30988)	4/4/1998 8:55:00 AM
From: Gregory	Respond to of 1573628

what is so special about this language? Does it claim to be the one that everybody is using? The computer industry is quite old by now; and during these times there have been many many attempts to develop language that would become the only language being used by everybody. It really never worked. I am talking about higl level languages. like PLI C COBOL Fortran, etc, etc. The only common language is usually the Assembler (e.g X86 for PC or BAL 370 for mainframe IBM platform. And even assembler when it is used as an application language is used by very specialized and narrow group of the application programmers In case with assemblers it is system folks who write the software that operates on the level of operating system and not user applications. So, so far the transition to Common language that embraces everything was unsuccessfull in the sense that higher the language, the slower it is. I beleive it is same with with Java. Like any language it is good for something, but not good for everything. As a matter of fact as any tool in any field. Any good automechanic always has different tools for different things and not one universal tool that can do evrything. Usually all universal tools gain somewhere but also loose in some other important issues. Just my 2 cents.

To: FJB who wrote (30988)	4/4/1998 9:57:00 AM
From: Kashish King	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573628

Java will dominate. The NC is a hardware configuration and the X86 based NCs will be just as popular as their desktop and laptop counterparts. Java and NCS are not joined at the hip and and the technology is still enjoying explosive growth. Software infrastructures take time to develop and the announcement by Ericsson, Motorola, Sony, IBM, Oracle, to name a few, will use Java as the foundation of their device application software is meaningful. Those looking for Java to deliver a knock-out punch to Windows just over two years from its introduction aren't particularly bright and are woefully ignorant. It's so bad in some cases that some of the opinions I've been reading look as though they were written by trade industry analysts and journalists. I know that's hard to believe and I'm sorry to have to make such an offensive and demeaning comment as that but it's true.