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To: Punko who wrote (8098)	5/28/1998 4:03:00 PM
From: John F. Dowd	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

That is good news for us Mac drivers but until it's done my statement stands Java is platform specific. The Mac port will just be a layer sitting on top of my Mac OS. Since this applies to intranets only it doesn't do us much good who are on the INTERNET and that's what all the DOJ complaining is about. Bill isn't trying to stop Java he is trying to embrace it or capture it. Java is not going to replace an OS Java is not going to tell the CPU Pentium/G3 to look at the keyboard interupt for the disk, check the serial port etc. You guys just don't understand how things work. Since I am a home user theORCL thing albeit still vaporware does nothing for me unless I am in a LAN environment talking to a server that has ORCL DBM running on it. Again this is not what the DOJ complaint is about anyway. They are worried about the WAN the internet. Have a nice day:>)

To: Punko who wrote (8098)	5/28/1998 4:25:00 PM
From: mozek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Punko, The problem has never been IE not being compatible with applications. Look back a couple months in PC mag where IE was actually compatible with more applets and applications than any other Java VM in third party tests. It also happened to be the fastest. The problem is that Sun's own Java has compatibility problems across platforms. By tacking on an inferior VM to Microsoft's IE, they will cause more compatibility problems, not resolve existing ones. This move was a publicity stunt, not an attempt to resolve any of the real compatibility issues with Java. In reality, the harm done to consumers by Sun's move will most likely be minimal because the Activator won't really take over as the runtime for most applets on the web as they would have you believe. Thanks, Mike