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To: Pigboy who wrote (21217)	3/25/1999 8:04:00 AM
From: Neil S	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29386

Pigboy, "We should be willing to eat our own dog food." performance-computing.com <<They complain that Sun is dominating Java development, to its own advantage. And they dispute Sun's commitment to open standards in critical areas such as mass storage. These barbs are not unlike those Sun's leaders aim at Redmond.>> <<Sun is also accused of dragging its feet in joining partnerships and embracing standards with third-party mass-storage vendors, especially in the area of Fibre Channel. David Scott, HP's marketing manager for mass storage, said, "Sun waves its hands around the issue" of Fibre Channel arbitrated loop standards. Sequent's Fibre Channel product manager, Glenn Sullivan, argues that Sun "takes a confrontational approach on Fibre Channel. They are uncooperative because they compete against [members of the Fibre Channel Loop Association]. That's no guarantee they won't cooperate in the future. So far they haven't given an indication that they will." >>