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> As to the growing market in Java and Linux, that's > all fine and good for a software vendor, but it is > my opinion that software firms who write platform > independent code are maximizing their profit at the > expense of their users' productivity. Midrange Server magazine had an interesting article about CMT Manufacturing Systems abandoning an all Java approach in favor of a mixed Java / RPG approach. There is some evidence that vendors may be actually loosing money by chasing a platform independent illusion. There's also evidence suggesting that vendors who only write platform independent code eventually end up promoting it only on the lowest priced servers, namely Windows and Linux. Nathan.
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