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To: Scott McPealy who wrote (10707)	8/3/1998 2:33:00 PM
From: William Sheppard	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

McPealy wrote: The gullible fools who believe Java is open will be interested to read this from comp.lang.java.advocacy, Subject: Does this mean what I think it does? [Verbiage from PersonalJava license omitted] This means that Sun wants to make damn sure the PersonalJava name and logo guarantee application and platform compatibility, and that a structure is in place which doesn't allow Microsoft to make the same fragmentation attempts they've done with the JDK. This doesn't mean PersonalJava will be any less open than the JDK, just that the appropriate framework to ensure this hasn't yet been finalized.