Benevolent dictators usually produce the best results, all things
considered. If Sun continues to make all spec's public and, in general,
continues to deal with 'partners' as they have to date, then competition
will be fair and vigorous. After all, Sun isn't in business for nothing.
They have stockholders that require a return for their investment. An
executive that proposed continual publication of very useful spec's without
implementing any of them for commercial purposes wouldn't be an executive
for long.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Monson-Haefel [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 1999 12:59 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Sun's offerings
>
> It's hard to determine what competitive advantage Sun has. Personally I
> think all the vendors differentiate themselves well, each offering
> products
> for a particular niche. BEA Weblogic Enterprise for example, will
> integrate
> extremely well into environments that leverage TUXEDO. Oracle8i is useful
> for environments where Oracle data is used, or when data access needs to
> be
> particularly fast. Gemstone provides and advantage for clients that wish
> to
> leverage an OO database. There are several other products that each have
> their own advantages.
>
> Sun new server, from what I've heard, is very scalable, but this doesn't
> guaranty it the top position. Other considerations like platforms
> supported,
> legacy system integration, persistence support will also come into to
> play.
>
> Richard Monson-Haefel
> (non-vendor)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Chu
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 3/17/99 1:30 PM
> Subject: Sun's offerings
>
> Hi everybody,
> with so much active discussions from vendors whose name I can't even
> pronounce (sorry, my fault!) I can help but wonder what all these guys
> will do with SUN coming into this field so strongly. They have the spec
> and they have products implementing this spec - how very convenient!!
> I see a major conflict of interest - which will effect just about
> everybody else. Even the gorillas of this area ala BEA.
> I did not see any discussion about these issues. Hope I have not stirred
> a hornet's nest - but somebody has to do it :-).
>
> -mc
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