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To: E_K_S who wrote (11958)	11/24/1998 12:09:00 AM
From: E_K_S	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 64865

Microsoft Challenges Sun's Jini Technology (11/23/98, 6:38 p.m. ET) (http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19981123S0011) From the article: "..."We think the trend of TCP/IP-capable devices that can identify each other and communicate is an attractive one," said Carl Stork, general manager of Windows hardware strategy at Microsoft. "There are some protocols that need to be nailed down. However, I don't think [Jini] is the direction that makes the most sense, because you don't need that much processing power for a device to identify itself. "All that's needed is a small amount of software in a PC to identify devices," he said. "We're working on it." ..." ===================================================================== MSFT's approach still utilizes Windows and WindowsCE. SUNW's approach does not require any Windows based system. "... "Whether Jini succeeds or not is going to hinge on Sun's ability to convince people to support it..." ===================================================================== We will have a better idea as to JINI's success in 12 to 18 months. I suspect new revenue would begin to hit the income statement by 4th Qtr of next year. EKS