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To: Keith Hankin who wrote (22408)	1/14/1999 2:49:00 PM
From: Bearded One	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

More from the DOJ Files: usdoj.gov .... Microsoft Java Strategy 10/24/96, bens, charleaf, bena ..... Four Key Things 1) .. 2) .. 3) .. 4) Let Java class library space fragment, so that "write once, run everywhere" does not happen ... Microsoft Java Strategy 1) Drive MS Java VM and classlibs (w/Win32 extensions!) to broad installed base a) Broadly distributed "MS Java" should address the "HTML applet" space 2) Don't encourage new, cross-platform Java classes, especially don't help get great Win32 implementations written/deployed 3) Do encourage fragmentation of the Java classlib space: multiple 2D standards, AWT vs. IFC, etc. 4) CONSIDER: Take Win32 to other platforms, esp. a) Permits MS Java classes to be x-platform easily, still Windows-centric b) Improves our client time-to-market for mail, IE, etc. 5) Focus on Java as the "last battle" (API's, client apps) IStudio +Denali are the right solutions for corporate developers: avoid delivering code in the client altogether ...