On Wed, 5 Nov 2003 06:54:14 -0800 (PST), "David Graham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Agreed, especially because Jakarta's mission is to create *server* > side libraries. [...] > The need to support 1.3 is diminishing over time. Java 1.4 is > available and runs well on all the major platforms I can think of.
While I tend to be in the "go with 1.4" camp, this is MUCH easier tent to pitch in NON-server environments. Commercial J2EE containers tend to be dinosaurs with respect to JDK versions, and commercial users of said containers tend to be dinosaurs too. So I typically see sites that are a couple versions behind in upgrading their container, so their developers are stuck back in 1.3-land. I also want to gripe mildly about the server-side mission, since it feels myopic to me. The lines between client and server blur more every day. With JNLP it is easy and beneficial to shove increasing functionality to the client side, which means downloading jars to the desktop. Cheers, .T. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
