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From Microsoft....

Letter to Our Customers
By now we imagine some of you have read news reports indicating Microsoft
has sold Visual J++ to another company. We 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.

Thank you,

The Visual J++ Team
Microsoft Corporation

Last Updated: 12/14/99

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Sten Bergqvist wrote in message <387DDFAD.A2C0F2CB@telia.com>...
>I heard somewhere that M$ closed down the development of J++. Is that
correct?
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