Perhaps it takes a large API to reproduce something Apple, Microsloth,
Sun, HP, etc. have been working on for 20 years.
FWIW, I don't think the API has anything to do with write once,
run no....um, any where. Clearly Microsoft has been able to turn
Java in to a platform specific language with little help.
-T
jools enticknap wrote:
>
> >I am wondering if Sun has overstretch itself in trying to develop so
> >many APIs? It seems to me that they are struggling and there is enough
> >support and help to help outsiders (like Blackdown who done an excellent
> >job porting the software)?
>
> <brain dump>
>
> Perhaps this is a direct result of trying to bring an open technology to
> market, and at the same time protect the one thing that makes Java useful in
> the first place (write once, run everywhere(TM)).
>
> Also once a technology is invented it needs time for the comunity to
> evaluate and comment on whats been done, and these comments must also be
> evaluted and the next step then taken.
>
> This all takes time, however I for one and happy this does take place.
>
> As for porting assistance, I think that you will find that SUN has __very__
> close links with the blackdown guys and do offer help when it's requested.
>
> </brain dump> ( for what it's worth )
>
> Regards
>
> --Jools
>
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