>But this steamrollering of Java is something which does bug me quite a bit. >When it gets to the point when programmers think absolutely nothing of >writing single platform code, then the entire point of Java, its raison >d'etre, is totally nullified. Keeping the name Java implies some attempt at >cross platform compatability - what a joke. Now it's just one step away >from being yet another acquisition for the Win32 platform.
Didn't people do this with BASIC? Circle of life...

