They already have a java plugin. They have for about the last 12 months (if
not more).
I have been using Swing (Java 1.2 / 1.3) components in many of my
educational studies. This only required using an <embed> tag instead of a
<applet> tag. This plugin is also the standard method of using java in
NS6. NS6 has no built-in implementation of java.
"Matthew A. Shirey" wrote:
> Of course sun will. THEY want to be the only one supplying Java. =)
> Sounds like a Microsoft wannabe to me...
>
> M.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Rainwater [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 11:44 AM
> To: DynAPI Development List
> Subject: Re[2]: [Dynapi-Dev] DynAPI current things
>
> Microsoft also stated there would be no Java support in IE 6.
> Apparently, a
> java plugin will have to be used. Of course, only if someone creates
> one, which I'm sure Sun will do.
>
> --
> // Robert Rainwater
>
> On 2/23/2001, 5:04:50 PM EST, Doug wrote about "[Dynapi-Dev] DynAPI
> current things":
>
> > Actually, MS just paid Sun 20 million dollars to licence java for
> their own
> > use.
> > I don't think we need to worry about there being no Java support in
> IE6.
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Raymond Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2001 2:16 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Dynapi-Dev] DynAPI current things
>
> >> The only thing that concerns me, is our friends over at Microsoft.
> While
> >> they were moving towards DOM compliance (around the time they ported
> IE5
> > to
> >> the Macintosh) they took a hard left with IE5.5 when they decided
> that war
> >> with the Java/Unix camp was inevitable.
> >>
> >> I have a lot of concerns with the pending Whistler/IE6 combination,
> > because
> >> I am pretty sure it's going be a major paradigm shift for them/us
> (think
> >> zero support for client side Java). M$ is moving to align all their
> >> products OS/Software around the .net strategy while at the same time
> > pushing
> >> the "disturbance factor" in other alternative platforms (hmmmm, this
> > seems
> >> to run like shit on my PC compared to 100% M$ products) as much as
> they
> > can
> >> without flagging the Justice Department "to much".
> >>
> >> Additionally, the long awaited arrival of NS6 came and went without
> so
> > much
> >> as a ripple of real impact. I think that good old Netscape finally
> found
> >> out how to align the bullet-filled cylinder of business blunders with
> > their
> >> head. NS6 is a dead alternative in the eyes of Joe Consumer. I
> can't
> > even
> >> imagine AOL wrapping there consumer online service around this
> browser
> >> instead of IE (that they use now), unless they want to hand MSN
> >> marketshare.
> >>
> >> In no way am I supporting an IE concentric approach. We just need to
> be
> >> aware that "shit is gonna hit the developer fan" in 3-7 months when
> they
> >> release Whistler. They have spent a billion dollars developing this
> > release
> >> with two goals in mind. Stunt the growth of Java and kill Linux as a
> > viable
> >> "consumer OS" alternative. By consumer OS I mean our average home PC
> > user.
> >>
> >> A scary fact is that M$ has said they don't plan on releasing IE6 as
> a
> >> public beta. It's gonna release inside the Whistler OS update. Get
> >> Whistler, get IE6. This means one thing. IE6 and Whistler are being
> >> developed in tandem to create strategic havoc for the Java/Unix
> camps.
> >>
> >> Javascript (the DynAPI foundation) will likely survive as a
> cross-platform
> >> language; it's to entrenched and strategically means little to M$'s
> end
> >> goals. We can :O) a bit here.
> >>
> >> This is why I don't want to spend a lot of time developing a Java
> Applet
> >> Client/Side I/O device for DynAPI2 Michael. I'm not even sure it
> will be
> >> supported with the new IE6. I think Java is going to be a
> server-side
> > tool
> >> for awhile.
> >>
> >> In the end, basic DOM support with the DynAPI is probably the best
> path.
> >> But lets be smart (as we can be with limited knowledge) about how we
> > enhance
> >> that API with input/output shunts to the dynamic server/side world.
> >>
> >> Laters,
> >>
> >> Ray
> >>
> >>
> >>
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