>Ok.Does anyone know why ISS like java apps that much?
Presumably so that they can write one app for both Windows and *nix,
thereby reducing their development costs. Of course, that's good for them but
not necessarily good for their customers, since everyone has to settle for a
"common denominator" UI with somewhat quirky behavior (from a Windows point of
view). In a "mass" market product targeted at the average user's desktop this
won't fly because some competitor will make a targeted product and eat your
lunch. But in a niche market like IDS it may work.
Someone might say "Why not write the UI in C++ or C, aren't they just as
portable as Java (or C#)? Well, they are, but Java and C# come with elaborate
libraries that make development a lot easier, whereas C/C++ does not. You can
buy libraries for C++, but Java and C# have them "built in". The result is
automatic standardization of Java (or C#) programmers. Everyone uses the same
libs.
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