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Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: 127.0.0.1 |
posted 07-18-2001 16:00
July 18 ? Microsoft Corp. is quietly pulling back support for Java in its new products, dealing a new blow to a rival technology that played a starring role in the software giant?s continuing antitrust battle with the government. More.... |
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist From: Rochester, New York, USA |
posted 07-18-2001 16:38 |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Minneapolis, MN, USA |
posted 07-18-2001 21:27
The issue as I see it is with Applets embedded in webpages. This will effectively make applets an impractical solution for small web-served programs. Javascript is too hard to get to work across browsers (not that Java is great across platforms, but better than javascript), and server-side solutions don't allow for dynamic changes. |
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist From: Rochester, New York, USA |
posted 07-19-2001 16:58 |
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist From: 100101010011 <-- right about here |
posted 07-20-2001 19:48
Gotta say I'm not a big fan of Java on the client side. |
Maniac (V) Inmate From: Seatte, Warshington, USA |
posted 07-20-2001 21:56
I wonder if we'll be seeing more of C# from MS as a replacement to their implementation of java. |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Minneapolis, MN, USA |
posted 07-23-2001 21:10
bitdamaged - Very true, client-side Java is not it's best use, nor particularly impressive. However, there isn't really a better alternative |
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist From: 100101010011 <-- right about here |
posted 07-23-2001 21:13
Actually I think Flash can be a lot more effective than Java on the client side and provide a lot of the same results |
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist From: Long Island, NY |
posted 07-27-2001 15:31
Bah. |
Paranoid (IV) Mad Scientist From: Somewhere over the rainbow |
posted 07-27-2001 16:09
The poster has demanded we remove all his contributions, less he takes legal action. |