Sorry quick ammendment: Wakfu auto updates. IntellIJ automatically prompts for an update, which is probably safer for a developer audience. Neither program expects the end user to have a system level Java runtime installed. That is the ideal model.
On Jan 20, 6:29 pm, clay <[email protected]> wrote: > Java should completely abandon the model of expecting end users to > install/maintain a system wide Java and simply embed the JVM into > applications. > > IntelliJ does this. New Java games like Wakfu do this. > > Then those end user applications could use an auto-update mechanism as > appropriate. > > On Jan 12, 2:39 pm, Chris Koerner <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > What if Java self-updated on end users machines? > > > Before Chrome came if you asked the browser vendors the same question they > > would respond with a large list of reasons why this would be a bad idea, > > and they were all valid. > > > But then Chrome showed them differently, and now even Microsoft is going to > > start self-updating the browser. > > > So why can't Java do the same. > > > Oh I know, you'll list many reasons why its impossible or a bad idea, and > > I'm sure they are probably all valid and true. > > > Until someone shows you differently. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
