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To: mozek who wrote (12531)	12/11/1998 10:10:00 PM
From: David Montgomery	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

I think Sun has a point in their complaints about microsoft. If you build a Cadillac (or whatever) to drive on any road, and someone buys a few of them and adapts them to only run on specific roads and break down if you drive on any other road, General Motors would be a little angry if they left the Cadillac label on. From what I've read, microsoft is adapting their java development system to say that the developer has a choice. If the developer wants to use it to write for microsoft systems only, he can. If he wants his applications to run on any system, he has to adjust the settings. Maybe what microsoft ought to do is put out two programs. First, put out microsoft only java. Call it latte or whatever. Then put out java compliant java. If they do that, at least the users will know what they are doing. The one obvious fact is the Sun and Microsoft are both very strong competitors. If we wind up with the best product as a result of the competition, that's a good thing. If we wind up with technotrash, we have seen the invention of a new kind of pollution. As for who's right and who's wrong, who knows?