From: "Laura Conrad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>>>> "Wil" == Wil Macaulay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Wil> Why isn't anybody else using Java? > > Have you tried convincing people without a fast net connection to > download it? The runtime or the SDK? If you mean the runtime, I can assure you that I downloaded one version of it as it was the version that Wil recommended and I wanted to try Skink. My typical connection speed is 28.8k. > If they force Microsoft to install it, probably everybody will start > using it. Unfortunately, I don't see that happening and noted recently that WebTv can't use Java. I think I'm probably an odd one in the world of MS Windows in that I don't lie at either the programmers end or the common users end. In my case, I used CP/M before DOS, can read a tiny bit of Pascal, C/C++ and similar, have managed to install Debian Linux ( I run Mandrake now) on my system once, etc. but would be scared stiff at the thoughts of say attempting writing an abc parser! At the other end, I think with Windows, MS are quite happy that people want to point, click and that life is easy. It would be difficult to persuade such people that there is life outside MS products. Jon To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
