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To: Kevin Hay who wrote (19543)	5/20/1998 4:12:00 PM
From: Justin Banks	Respond to of 24154

Kevin - The response you refer to seems to be little more than a tirade about how MSFT loves Java so much that they went and improved it. That's silly, and I think you know it. That's like me saying that I love C so much that I went and made my version better. Never mind that my version happens to be incompatible with everybody else's, and never mind that I happen to have a monopoly in low-end desktop operating systems. Those things don't mean that I'm attempting to subvert a standard that threatens to subvert my stranglehold on the low-end desktop OS market. No, not at all. I just love cross platform development languages. Give me a break. -justinb

To: Kevin Hay who wrote (19543)	5/20/1998 4:21:00 PM
From: Reginald Middleton	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

"before you engage your random response generator " "don't be too hard on Dan, he is a man of strong conflictions, er convictions." Now that is funny. Do you have anymore like these?

To: Kevin Hay who wrote (19543)	5/20/1998 5:18:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Respond to of 24154

And a fond farewell to you, too, Kevin. After a big 3 days here, you're the guy I'd go to if I wanted to find out what the "consensus of this thread" is. All I can do is go back to your original message, 19337, where you politely introduce yourself with: Can any of the ranting jackals out here explain HOW navigator was actual competition to Windows? To which I randomly replied with a quote from the chairman: "A new competitor 'born' on the Internet is Netscape," Gates said in a 1995 memo to Microsoft executives, according to the Justice Department. "Their browser is dominant, with a 70 percent usage share, allowing them to determine which network extensions will catch on. They also are pursuing a multiplatform strategy where they move the key API [applications programming interface] into the client to commoditize the underlying operating system." You've obviously wasted your time arguing with the small minds around here, you'll have to take up your argument with Bill, maybe he can explain it. It's probably beyond the comprehension of mere mortals, though. Or you can just stick with the "Who is John Galt" crowd over on How High. I've been telling people the answer to that question for months, but I doubt it will hold up in court. I'll take your word about the consensus of that thread, though. See ya, Dan.

To: Kevin Hay who wrote (19543)	5/20/1998 10:14:00 PM
From: Pink Minion	Respond to of 24154

Now why would they say that if they didn't perceive it as an os? perhaps because they don't have a clue? If you still don't understand, it is not an OS but it bypasses alot of the dependences on the OS. And this is why it is a threat to Windows. When you are surfing around you wouldn't even know it if you were running your browser on Linux. The User Interface is the same. You might even like crashing less. It is a "thin client", meaning there is really not much there and is driven by data from the server. There really is not much to a browser. It parses some code and calls some GUI API's. It is a paradign shift from running "thick clients" like Excel. Let servers do the work. The write once, run anywhere has been the Holy Grail of programmers since the beginning. All we ask is to be given a chance to dethrone the death grip of Windows. Ask any expert in the field and they'll tell you it is a complete mess. And we will do it if given a chance. I'm beginning to despise Microsoft a lot less compared to the greedy, whinning rantings of their stockholders. The tide of the War is turning, our Normandy is coming. Mr. B