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DATA MINE Sept. 10, 1999 Which Java Rocks Microsoft might be embroiled in a lawsuit with Sun Microsystems Inc. over changes Microsoft has allegedly made to Sun's Java technology, but that hasn't kept folks from using Microsoft's Java products. According to a recent survey of 73 Java users in which the respondents could vote for more than one Java iteration, the most popular programs used to create Java applications are made by Microsoft, with Sun and IBM not too far behind. Those favoring Java programs by: Microsoft 28 users Sun 25 IBM 19 Symantec 8 Lotus 6 DATA: Internet Enterprise Usage Study by Zona Research _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ BACK TO TOP					MORE NUGGETS The Online Mortgage Business Is Set to Boom In 1998, online mortgage brokers originated loans worth $4.1 billion, a huge sum for an infant industry The Last Mile Many still cite privacy concerns as a key reason for not shopping online The R&D Disconnect "Product development is often decoupled from business strategy" The Mother Lode Collected nuggets from Data Mine