ZDNET's Java Beancounters

[Charles Behney <charlesaugust@theriver.com>]

  AFCs snarl developers
  
                  Delays, proprietary calls undermine Microsoft's
                  cross-platform promise
  
                  By Michael Moeller and Antone Gonsalves, PC Week Online 
                  11.17.97 10:00 am ET  	michael_moeller@zd.com
  					antone_gonsalves@zd.com
  
  
  http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/news/1117/17afc.html#top
  
            	Microsoft's broken promises
  
  	API strategy falls short in several areas 
  
  PROMISE                                       	REALITY
  
  AFC: 100% Pure Java classes that will
  run everywhere
                                          	Final releases support
  only            									Microsoft Java VM
  Enterprise AFC: Java server classes'
  final version due now
                                               	No new release date
  planned 
  
  COM+: Alpha due by end of 1997
                                               	Delayed; no new due date
  for
                                               	alpha availability
   Source: Microsoft Corp