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Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 11:11:17 -0800
From: Alfonso Urdaneta <alfonso@malibunetworks.com>
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Alan Gerhard wrote:
 
> but then there's - J++ supports only java 1.1.8.
> Last I heard , MS has done nothing with J++ (publicly) for over 
> 18 months - it appears to be a dead product.

That is actually quite sad, because the MS compiler and jvm were fast as
hell, but then they weren't allowed to continue work because they were
getting sued (rightly) for perveting the intent of Java.

My predictions are that 

1.  At JavaOne next year microsoft will release a compiler and runtime
that 
   is compliant, and faster than anything in the universe

or

2.  Microsoft will drop the product completely because it does nothing
to 
    ensure that people are forced to develop on and for the Windows
platform.

Alfonso.
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