On Apr 12, 5:10 pm, Fernando Cassia <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 12:42, Fabrizio Giudici > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > since you're mentioning the fact that Java is being used to develop > > software. This is very true, but the OP was talking about the _end user_'s > > perspective > > You're saying that because I mentioned jEdit and Netbeans in my list > of apps?. Remove those then. There's 15+ other flagship Java apps in > my list, and all are end-user related, not development tools.
I think that your list basically comfirms both what Fabrizio was saying and, to a lesser extent, the original article. If those are Java's flagship applications then Java, in the client environment, is of little more than academic interest and most application end users wouldn't notice if it wasn't there. Despite being a Java application developer for more than a dozen years, I can't say that I've heard of more than a couple of the applications that you've listed and, personally, don't use any of them. I'll perform the Litmus Test, this weekend. Both of my teenage kids have laptops which they use daily. Neither has any interest in software development. I'm going to disable (with their consent) the JREs on both machines and see if they notice. I'll report back next week. -- 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.
