February 1998 / Inbox

The Good Stuff	I am very thankful for all the good stuff that appears in BYTE, especially your coverage of Java.
Who's Out in the Cold?	"Raising the Java Standard" (November 1997 editorial) made some very good points about Java and standardization, but I don't understand this statement: "Sun executives talk quietly about revoking Microsoft's license if it ships its version of the Java classes.
A Déjà Vu Nightmare	What a relief to find that someone else has come to the realization that Windows NT security is not secure.
Same Nightmare, Different Bed	There's no excuse for the security problems in Windows NT, but after following computer-security issues and using Unix (as well as NT) for some time, I'm surprised to see Unix being held up as a standard.
RMI Lives! But Where?	In "CORBA, Java, and the Object Web" (October 1997), the authors' assertion that "JavaSoft will abandon the proprietary ORB on which RMI is currently built" is refuted by the folks at JavaSoft.
Now Showing	"Batter Up for Broadband" (October 1997) states that separate dishes are required for DirecPC and DirecTV, as well as that "Hughes will someday offer a method for using one dish for both, although no target date has been announced.
Don't Like Your ISP?	"Batter Up for Broadband" states that "there's no dial tone, and your connection to an ISP or corporate network is hard-wired, so you won't be able to change service providers without having changes made at the phone company's CO.
The Chip That Ate My Batteries	No sooner do battery developers give us a better power-to-weight ratio than CPU makers chew up the extra power to give us a constant 1-hour notebook-battery life.
Fixes	In "PowerSite Straddles the Object World" (January Eval), the URL given in the contact information should have been http://www.sybase.com.

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