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Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 8:01 PM
Subject: [jdjlist] RE: Write Once, Run
Anywhere - YES! but not Applets
>...
>The only serious portability trouble came when deploying
Applets on different versions of M$FT browsers. It took 3 weeks
to figure out various code tweaks so our >Applets would work on a
"majority" of our clients... Bill has
been trying to put Sun out of business for a very long time, so it is
very clear who is to blame for these >problems with Applets, esp. when
standard API code refuses to work on the "New and Improved" M$FT JVMs.
But let's be realistic here. What else can you expect, >when M$FT and Sun's
business goals are to irradicate each other? Add to this 98% IE
marketplace dominance, and you'll get one very compelling reason why Applets
>are a dying technology.
And the world can
be so peaceful - at least when watching the IT news:
A 7 year browser
cooperation between AOL_TimeWarner and Microsoft after a long legal
dispute that has been recently settled.
As you might know
, my suggestion once within the sys-con website or this newslist was to
implement an explicit/optional JVM download feature
(e.g. via www.sun.com) - similar to what Macromedia
Flash already expects from its users - in MSFT and/or Netscape
browsers.
>But Java and Linux is a nice low-cost high-performance
combination. I'm thinking of investing more in Dell, Intel and
RedHat.
And several East
German cities reportedly begin to think in the same
direction.
And to put the
stress away from Jason Bell (jaseb) : why not talk about the managers of some
mobile phone manufacturers:
Putting Java into
their cellphones (fine!) but forgetting to add a touchscreen e.g. for
"mousedown()" and "mousedrag()" support.
sincerely,
U.
Penski
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