Re: What's NEW on THE PAGE!!!

On Thu, 13 Feb 1997, Joachim Heck - SunSoft wrote:
>   Well, I guess not but in actuality all we have to do is get the
> confounded AWT (graphics interface) to work exactly the same on all
> platforms and then let someone else write Excel for Java.  As for
> translating files and the like, I don't think it's of great use for a
> ship construction program.

Well, I think you still have to take into account the LAN side of
things.
Just because Sun wants to release the offices of the world from the
bondage of MS Office doesn't mean they'll stop using it, and it would be
helpful if whatever meta-application you guys come up with could
translate
the ship-generating Excel file into Lotus or Quattro Pro or whatever
spreadsheet application already exists on people's LAN server.

Rick Rutherford       rickr@digex.net	    The above opinions are mine.
"It seems to me that the nearer painting approaches sculpture the better
it is, and that sculpture is the worse the nearer it approaches
painting."
					     -- Michelangelo