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To: rudedog who wrote (12309)	11/18/1998 1:32:00 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Toy Soldier and Rude Dog: My understanding of the court order is that if Microsoft wants to continue its use of Java, its product must have "Java Native Interface" (JNI) "as a way of assuring developers that their applications will run properly on all versions of Java for Windows." Sun claims MSFT could do this in a couple of weeks if they assigned enough people to the job. Ken

To: rudedog who wrote (12309)	11/18/1998 2:39:00 PM
From: ToySoldier	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Rude, I have read those items and thankyou for digging them out. Those were exactly the announcements I was referring to. So my statement still stands. HP had announced that they too would develop their own mutation of Java. MSFT has just lost on this premise. HP must now be wondering how well their tangent Java development strategy will stand up in court. How long do you think it will take for Sun to walk over to the HP offices and persuade them to get back in line with the pure-Java model or be taken to court for the issue to be resolve (and Sun takes the MSFT case under its belt as precedence)? Toy