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RE: J++ -- Microsoft's Official position

To: Multiple recipients of list AM-INFO <am-info@essential.org>
Subject: RE: J++ -- Microsoft's Official position
From: "David E. Y. Sarna" <David@ObjectSoftCorp.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1999 15:29:35 -0500
Cc: "'joe@pjprimer.com'" <joe@pjprimer.com>
Delivered-To: am-info@venice.essential.org
Return-Receipt-To: "David E. Y. Sarna" <David@ObjectSoftCorp.com>

Questions have been raised on this forum regarding Microsoft's plans for
J++. There has been a lot of misinformation. Here, verbatim, is Microsoft's
official position:

"By now I imagine some of you have read news reports indicating Microsoft 
has sold Visual J++ to another company.  I want to make it clear that these 
articles are in error.  We absolutely have not - and have no plans - to sell

off the Visual J++ product.  Visual J++ 6.0 is the most widely used Java 
development tool, and we look forward to its continued success in the
market. 

These articles were most likely the result of confusion around announcements

connected with the Visual Studio Integrators Program (VSIP).  VSIP allows 
third party vendors to build compilers and related tools that integrate 
directly into the Visual Studio environment.  As a member of this program, 
Rational announced they would be producing a Java compiler that will run 
inside Visual Studio. This product will be completely designed, developed, 
and marketed by Rational and has nothing to do with Visual J++.  You may 
be interested to know that VSIP will bring a variety of languages from 
other vendors to Visual Studio as well, including additional Java support by

TowerJ, several versions of COBOL, and more. 

We stand behind the innovations first surfaced in Visual J++ and want to 
see them continue. Unfortunately, there is a cloud of doubt over the 
industry's ability to innovate and advance Java long term. Until we receive
and 
understand some rulings currently pending before the court hearing the 
Java lawsuit we cannot make announcements on future Visual J++ product 
strategy. 

Thanks, 

Tony Goodhew 
Visual Studio Product Manager 
Microsoft Corporation. "

I hope that this clears up the confusion.
Regards,
David E. Y. Sarna
ObjectSoft Corp. (NASDAQ:OSFT) www.objectsoftcorp.com
433 Hackensack Ave.
Hackensack, NJ 07601
e-mail: david@objectsoftcorp.com
voice: 201 343-9100    Fax: 201 270-5071(Direct)  or (201) 343-0056


-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Barr [mailto:joe@pjprimer.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 1999 8:30 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list AM-INFO
Subject: J++




So is MS shedding itself of it