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To: The Ox who wrote (9071)	4/15/1998 2:44:00 PM
From: uu	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 64865

Michael: Java is not hype anymore. However in my opinion it is not practical yet either. It is true that companies such as Oracle are doing all their development in Java, and in theory the concept is very vaild and will eventually become practical. However and again in my humble opinion the current limitations of Java (which I was hoping to be resolved by now) may in fact backfire for all those who have come to be the early adopters of the technology. One of the major problems (if not the major problem) Java based applications face is their poor (or lack of) performance. This will not be tolerated in an information age where process of data needs to be done in the quickest and the most efficient manner. As for the example you gave (with regard to Oracle's AppBuilder for Java 1.0), it is a very nice product. However I can guarantee you as a developer you will not want to use it! Why? Because of the huge amount of space it requires you to set aside on your machine, in addition to being extremely slow. From what my I hear from my friends working at Oracle no internal group at Oracle even wants to use the product (although a very very few may actually use it, I can not say for sure as I am just saying what I have been told which can very well be wrong). In any event, because of the limitations that exist in the current Java technology with regard to performance in addition to Sun continued to be thought of as a UNIX only company, the investment community will continue to have its wrongful perception of Sun Microsystems as a non-growth company. This will only translate into poor performance of the stock in the immediate short term. Sun has been spending a lot of money in R&D which I am most certain will pay off shortly as the technology they introduced to the world will improve dramatically. Meanwhile I for one continue to have my order to buy SUNW at $37.75 open which may or may not be executed this week. However at this time this is what I believe would be a fair and bargain price value to pay for SUNW (despite their huge growth rate that they will have shortly). As always just my humble opinion. Regards, Addi Jamshidi