Re: Java (was: Is ActiveX safe?)

["Bob Crothers" <bob2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joe Said:
> You seem to have a very Windows-centric view of the
> world.  

Guilty as charged!  Because that is what my customers use on their desktops.


We can dislike MS as much as we want...but the fact is that MS currently
owns the business desktop. Call it a stranglehold if you want, but also call
it "the world as it exists today".

At some point in time, that will change.  But it wont change because of
anti-trust lawsuits or developers complaining. Someday, the marketplace will
change and MS will "miss it".  They came close with the Internet, but they
recovered.

So just like the PC brought down IBM, the next "big thing" will probably be
what brings down MS.  

And I don't mean "bring down" as in destroy, but as in a little bit more of
a humble place and not dominating the market like a 2,000 pound gorilla!

Wouldn't it be cool if that something was what we all know today as an
iSeries????  

Now I'll return to searching for the next "big thing" and stop disturbing
the harmony of PCTech!

Bob