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To: cheryl williamson who wrote (10147)	8/17/1998 4:41:00 PM
From: Gerald Walls	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Mike was being charitable when he called you clueless. I've got a few more choice descriptors, but I will refrain from using them at this time. From you I'll consider that a compliment. As far as the official reason, it sure looks like Sun's admitting the thing just costs too damn much and this whole group of people can't afford it.

To: cheryl williamson who wrote (10147)	8/17/1998 4:54:00 PM
From: Gerald Walls	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Cheryl, what are the odds Sun will release the next Java JDK on time? news.com Sun is hoping to avoid a repeat of the last major JDK release, when it was forced to ship a series of bug fixes almost immediately to fix stability problems. On the bright side, for corporate IS managers and developers, the delay probably doesn't matter much. "I don't think this will cause anyone to jump off of the Java boat," Gilpin said. But if Sun misses its November deadline for JDK 1.2, or if HotSpot fails to ship, IS users may begin to lose confidence in Sun's ability to deliver products on deadline, and they could reevaluate future plans for incorporating Java into their architectures.