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To: Kal who wrote (1227)	6/11/1998 4:58:00 PM
From: Robert Winchell	Respond to of 1600

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. This is what I like to call "The Great Java Fantasy". The idea is that all OSes will run Java exactly the same. Which is not true. How about if Windows ran all of you Java apps 5x faster than Linux? Would you still go with Linux? Would you expect others to? If Java catches on like people think/hope it will, that will be the next big battle - the JavaVM battle. Who will make the best one? Which ones are fastest but maybe lack some features? Which ones have "special" features? I'm very interested in how this will play out.

To: Kal who wrote (1227)	6/11/1998 5:00:00 PM
From: Robert Winchell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1600

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. First off, the Internet is not a threat in any way to Windows. If anything, it has increased sales for Microsoft. Secondly, I think Gates is perfectly capable of admitting fault, as long as that admission came with a big fat check. If he has to swallow his pride and do stuff in Pure Java, he'll only do so when he can make billions of dollars from it.