Java is meant for client-server applications where the clients are casual and heterogenous. It can't take advantage of many of the host operating system features It eats up a lot of resources even for trivial tasks It is painfully slow Native OS applications are more reliable and can take advantage of the hardware architecture for increased performance. I don't belive that Java can perform low level tasks like diagnosis and configuration of the host machine. Java needs lots of stuff that DOS can't implement. Furthermore there are different implementations of Java.
BTW there's a trial between Microsoft and Sun on Java issues. As a result, Microsoft Java Virtual Machine is not available anymore for downloading as an update for Windows or IE.. JVM is not included in the Internet Explorer install kit either, so those who need Java for IE should go to Sun Microsystems and download their virtual machine. Cool! On 27-Dec-2002 Ariel Lachter wrote: > (sorry my bad english) > Yesterday "the bad" are frames. > Now "the bad" is java. > I see in freebyte that make programs that run in any > operating system with virtual java machine. > Maybe is time to change, d.o.s ==> java. > Who take the bull by the horn's? > > -- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/ -- Cristian Burneci
