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From: Ben Slivka
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 1997 10:21 PM
To: Mark Lucovsky
Subject: FW: updated "proposed" Microsoft API Strategy slides
Mark, long time no see! I've been learning about Java, and I've got what might appear to be a pretty radical proposal for Windows & Java. I would love to discuss this with you at you earliest convenience ..
The Windows Platform
Challenges
Maintain Windows marketshare and ervenue
Surf the Java wave
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Java is the Answer
Java improves developer productivity
Java is to C/C++ as C is to ASM ..
Java supercedes the DLL architecture of Windows
Java is a wonderful opportunity to modernize and enhance Windows
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Will Java ever match the execution speed of C/C++? we will get close
What about Cross Platform? a red herring
Doesn't this make Windows a commodity (drive MSFT)? no
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Application Foundation Classes run on any browser, OS, CPU but are
optimized for Win32
This is a developer safety blanket for our customers and ourselves.
Cross platform apps will never be as rich as Windows apps - it's our
job to ensure this tautology remains true!
We need to do a better job of cross platform than our competitors
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What if we ignore Java?
Someone else will execute on the above strategy (Sun)
JavaOS comes along (on low-end devices?), runs these Java apps (which
are easier/faster to write!)
Windows becomes irrelevant in bigger and bigger section of the market
Microsoft has no choice, we must seize control the Java platform! ..
Java leadership is our Destiny
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Java leadership: our Destiny
We had three choices:
Windows all the way, no cross-platform
Take Win32 cross platform, use Colusa
Embrace and extend Java ...
●● Full Exhibit
http://boycottnovell.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/px07871.pdf
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