I get the impression your agenda is to uplift the state of desktop Java by finding niche or lock-in counter-examples. While finding evidence to document this conclusion is undoubtedly harder than when I argued Java was dead in the browser 4 years ago [ http://blog.bangbits.com/2008/08/myth-java-widely-used-on-web.html], there must be a more scientific way of doing it.
According to statowl.com, 66% of computers have a JVM installed. Let's say that 50% of those are actually being used, not just dormant/idle installs there due to OS bundling or shoehorning. Last but not least, let's assume that 10% are there to truly power a desktop application, not just to support mandatory national SSO solutions etc. That lands us down around 3%. If you lax "nobody" to mean "few people", it doesn't seem so far stretched to me - and I even think 3% is a bit on the high side (when I look around friends and family). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/javaposse/-/FKRAekwXxgEJ. 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.
