Re: Has Sun Overstretch Themselves With So Many APIs?

[Robb Shecter]

LAIKOK wrote:
> 
> Is that So ? I guess you haven't Push the Swing API
> its limit. 

Do you mean, maybe, pushing the Swing *implementation* to its limit?  An
API is a description of services offered by a package, not an actual
package itself.

FWIW, I think Sun's strategy is good.  They're taking a forward-thinking
approach by making API's in key areas that are important for the "new"
way of computing: JCA/JCE, multimedia, etc.  Many companies would simply
provide implementations of algorithms that you either have to use or
not.  Sun's API's though, have a nice amount of abstraction that gives
plenty of room for 3rd parties to jump in as "providers", while keeping
compatibility.


- Robb


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