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To: brian z who wrote (11056)	9/11/1998 1:51:00 PM
From: Sean Sheldon	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 64865

To All: SUN misleading, overvalued, worth only $5. A must read. Dump SUN and invest in MSFT. I totally agree with your comment. I am a JAVA programmer. I got a call yesterday from one of the SUN guys asking me if I had any UNIX experience since I had been working mainly with NT. I told him that since SUN portrays JAVA to be platform independent what difference would that make? He thought I was being defensive. I had to tell him that his question was rhetorical. SUN obviously employs a bunch of dumb F****. I was not happy after speaking to the guy and made me rethink that my impression of SUN as being one of the good guys is wrong. The stock chart for SUNW itself portrays that anyway. At the end MSFT rules.

To: brian z who wrote (11056)	9/14/1998 2:34:00 PM
From: cheryl williamson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

brian, It never ceases to amaze me that, in this era of digital communications and instantaneous information dissemination, that there are still those who base their investment decisions on ignorance. Brian, your statement is old news, and shows that you do not take investing seriously. You need to read the press releases from SUNW & MSFT on a regular basis to form your opinions. You're not alone. A NUMBER of MSFT advocates share your viewpoint, which is not in line with what EITHER company has said in the last 6-12 months. I suggest you do a thorough review of both companies before coming back to this thread with your views. cheers, cherylw

To: brian z who wrote (11056)	9/15/1998 6:10:00 AM
From: Chung Yang	Respond to of 64865

>>> Sun need to be realistic about their business expectation. They thought they can move Windows away from every computer; they had "no NT" policy, they saw java as a universal language...all of this is nothing but wild dreams. We all know by now that Sun have to put their server work with NT, that java is not as great as they has claimed to be, that the sale of NT has increased much faster than Sun server did... Sun should realize that they don't have dominant position like MSFT has and they never will. <<< I don't remember Scott McNealy every portrayed SUN as having an "no NT" policy. Sun's official position has always been that they want to be an viable alternative to WinTel based systems. The key that SUN has always maintained is interoperativability. Solaris now works with NT clients. Now companies with a large investment with NT workstations can tap off the scalability and stability of SUN servers and storage systems. They no-longer have to live and die by Microsoft. That is a good thing. - Chung