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To: Investor-ex! who wrote (1257)	6/13/1998 10:20:00 AM
From: rudedog	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1600

Thanks for the continuing interest - I have been watching what IBM is doing with Java for a while. I don't argue with what I think is your basic premise - i.e. with sufficient development and industry backing, technology like Java, java-beans, EJB, or some other variant could provide a viable alternative platform with no MSFT content, and IBM is one of the few companies with the stroke to pull that off. In the past they have done a lot of hype about creating alternative platforms but when push came to shove they have backed off when their high end revenues were threatened. Look at Taligent, Kaleida, PowerPC, and even OS/2. I have my doubts IBM will stay the course.