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To: cfimx who wrote (10530)	7/19/1998 1:51:00 AM
From: paul	Respond to of 64865

There you go talking to yourself again!

To: cfimx who wrote (10530)	7/19/1998 12:54:00 PM
From: Scott McPealy	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 64865

Well now you know how the small Java ISV feels. If you want to see more Microsoft obsession then read the Wired interview with Sun visionary Bill Joy: wired.com "There is a cab driver in town who has a wireless T1 in his taxi and a laser light show and all this gear and MIDI on board. He is truly wireless." LOL. He is truly in need of psychiatric help. Wired: Yet NT is a hit. Everyone is moving on to it. Bill Joy: Many people were happy with the cars they bought from Detroit before Honda came along. I'd like to think that Java is more like when the Japanese came along with quality cars. With Java-based programming, instead of having one big system with infinitely complex buggy software, we can get a federation of machines working together to solve problems. The individual components are simpler. The Java propaganda rag, Javaworld, doesn't agree with Bill: javaworld.com "Reliability and security As the above quote from PC Week Labs illustrates, there still are some reliability issues around Java, particularly with larger, server-based applications. Most observers would agree that these issues are more a result of Sun's hectic (and sometimes, it seems, erratic) software development and delivery policies than any inherent problem with the language. In general, Sun's releases have been too frequent, too incompatible, and too obviously focused on features, not on reliability. While many companies can help to improve Java's performance, Sun needs to work on reliability. " Wired: Let's be realistic. NT is pretty locked in right now. Bill Joy: Technology is still moving along fast enough that there are opportunities for lock-ins to be broken. It's still possible. Also, being first is risky. It's best to be second. It's difficult to be first because you make the commitments too early and you typically get stuck in the wrong standards. It's better to be Yahoo than Netscape. ROFL. Stop it Bill, I can't take any more of this. Netscape was on the "destroy MSFT" mission and got sucked into the Sun Java WORA fantasy. They wasted serious time and dollars producing VM's, Java browsers, etc. One day Andreessen slapped himself and sobered up to the reality that Java isn't helping his company grow. Now he is extremely bitter towards Sun and bashes them at every opportunity.