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To: Robert Winchell who wrote (1226)	6/11/1998 3:54:00 PM
From: Kal	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1600

I realize you worked at MS and as such have a unique insight here. But why/how could you say "there is no way MS could write Office in Java"? What would prevent them from dumping loads of cash on the best Java programmers they could get and let them go? Do you mean they are not capable with their current staff? Or are you saying that Java is not capable of handling the feature set/size of Office? What prevents them is thier current investment in windows. The sole existence of java is platform independence. The sole existence of microsoft is platform dependence. Opposite worlds. We yet have to see how, if at all, Bill will juggle those two worlds together. By adopting SUN's pure java, microsft will be shooting itself in the foot. Its OS will no longer be of advantage, something microsoft will avoid (has been) at any cost (SUN's lawsuits) For example, if Microsoft writes apps in pure java, I'd buy their product, and run it on Linux, not windows. The OS here will have no advantage. Another preventing matter is Bill's ego. IMO, he'd rather die than admit that all along, since the internet and java caught on, he knew of their mortal threat to his darling OS, in the while spreading FUD. His game has gotten boringly old for me.

To: Robert Winchell who wrote (1226)	6/11/1998 4:19:00 PM
From: Dragonfly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1600

But why/how could you say "there is no way MS could write Office in Java"? What would prevent them from dumping loads of cash on the best Java programmers they could get and let them go? I'm saying they will not put out a version of Office that does not have direct access to the Windows APIs. I'm not saying they don't have qualified people, but that they are not capable- that is not how Microsoft as an entity operates. IE: Microsoft has access to programmers that are capable of it, buy Microsoft as an organism is incapable of doing it. Office with direct access to Win32 is not Java. Until Windows is Dead and Microsoft has to put Office on Java to survive, it is not capable of doing so-- for the purpose of the companies' existence is to further Windows. Dragonfly