public static boolean startsWithIgnoreCase(String s,String w)
    {
        if (w==null)
            return true;
        
        if (s==null || s.length()<w.length())
            return false;
        
        for (int i=0;i<w.length();i++)
        {
            char c1=s.charAt(i);
            char c2=w.charAt(i);
            if (c1!=c2)
            {
                if (c1<=127)
                    c1=lowercases[c1];
                if (c2<=127)
                    c2=lowercases[c2];
                if (c1!=c2)
                    return false;
            }
        }
        return true;
    }