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To: Richard Habib who wrote (13105)	5/7/1998 4:17:00 PM
From: J R KARY	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213177

Thanks Rich , was the IBM/SUN deal for a new JAVA OS ? IBM reacted to something , and its partnering with SUN for a JAVA OS came after AAPL's Mac OS JAVA deal with MSFT . MSFT supplies its JAVA extensions which AAPL applies to the MacOS . IBM has a similar NT deal which IBM alone adds the connectivity code . IBM's non-move (so far) to Merced is interesting , particularly if AAPL brings Rhapsody with NT on (RISC) PowerPCs SOON . Maybe WWDC week provide clues . Regards, Jim K.

To: Richard Habib who wrote (13105)	5/8/1998 12:16:00 AM
From: J R KARY	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213177

Richard IBM's next release of OS/2 (Aurora) not on Merced " So far, IBM has no plans yet to make OS/2 Warp Server over into a 64-bit operating system to run on Intel Corp.'s Merced. ... Smith said. The decision to port OS/2 Warp to Merced will depend on customer demand, he added. " zdnet.com Consider OS/2 and NT are based on the same kernel , and Rhapsody supports NT ...so why does IBM want this known now ? Conversely , if one considers MSFT as AAPL's blood brother than closely read CNN's transcript of S Jobs' very upbeat presentation yesterday : Announcer: "And I noticed you weren't at the rally, Steve, for Bill Gates in his quest to stave off the Justice Department. Were you asked? Jobs: "I wasn't invited but we were pretty busy getting ready for this (points to the iMac) and getting our own house in order." Worth a read , even mentions the "I" word : maccentral.com WWDC will be big ! S Jobs deserves praise , but also E. Hancock , the prime mover and visionary of an AAPL software company . Regards, Jim K.