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To: micromike who wrote (9481)	5/3/1998 10:58:00 AM
From: Michael Watkins	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

Mike, Just curious what you do think is the best OS in this day an age. And after you answer that question, is that OS the best OS for all environments (desktop; workgroup; servers; enterprise)? Secondly, is the replacement for MS OS's truly here? I don't think there are, today, answers for my last question. Its fine to talk about Java as a replacement, but don't forget that it takes years for an operating system / operating environment to become truly stable. Java ain't there yet. It took a long time for UNIX to get where it is. The Java world is fractured already; I'm not exactly sure how SUNW intends to capitalize on what it started. The world does not want to see one "monopoly" replaced by another (with McNeally at the helm no less!).

To: micromike who wrote (9481)	5/3/1998 9:51:00 PM
From: E_K_S	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

To all: I recall this article regarding JAVA and Home Depot.... techweb.com Today, I was in our local HomeDepot store (located in Silicon Valley CA, Campbell store) and discovered that our local store recently installed a new cash register inventory system. I could not tell if it was the one mentioned in the article but if it was a JAVA based system it was quite slick. From what I could tell the system I saw was based at the customer return desk. The operator would scan your receipt in and bring up your previous purchase. I was returning an item for credit and the operator simply utilized a touch screen menu on her color terminal to complete the credit transaction. She stated that this was a new system installed last week and their store was one of the initial stores testing the new system before it was to be installed nation wide. From what I could tell, it appeared that the system was a turnkey application that utilized information based on previous transactions saved to a central DBMS. I have to assume it was obtaining its transaction data from a centralized server and database. If this was the JAVA centric system I was quite impressed. The operator stated that it was quite easy to use and worked quite well. She stated that the system has never crashed and the overall integration and end-user design (with graphical user interface GUI touch screen menu) allowed her to complete an accurate and fast credit transaction. She had only been using the system for a short time and quite easily completed the transaction using only two (touch screen) operations. ===================================================================== If anybody can (1) verify that this new system is indeed the results of the JAVA project and (2) who designed the overall system (ie. Sunw, IBM or perhaps a third party?). Sunw maybe on to something here. Also, check out your local HomeDepot to see if (and when) they plan to upgrade nation wide. If this is the JAVA design discussed in the original article above.....I begin to see the potential end-user applications. EKS P.S. Here are some other articlesregarding HomeDepot, UNIX and JAVA: techweb.com Novera Debuts Application Server techweb.com Alan Baratz: Spotlight on JavaSoft -- JavaSoft's president turns up the heat on Java product development techweb.com