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From: jmarten@ibm.net (Jean-Marten Marchi)
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On 1 May 1999 20:50:23 -0700, Mike@spam_free wrote:

>In article <372BB93F.7DCFD2E1@rocketmail.com>, Corey says...
> 
>>
> 
>All my work in the last 3 years has been on Unix. And 
>thanks to Java now, I'll never need to touch windows 
>for any reason again.
>
>I really have no idea what do people use windows for (other
>than games), as Unix and Linux has everything anyone wants, 
>and in much better quality, and with GNU/linux, I get
>the source code also, and now with Java being used more
>and more, it even removes the need for windows all together.
> 

In fact, it appears clearly that (3 years ago) Java was a marketing
answer from Sun to M$. It didn't succed too much. 

But, now, as Linux grows exponentially, Java will have to compete not
as a platform, but as a language. It's a field where Ada95 has key
advantages. 

Linux and Gnat : the perfect match !