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Check out http://java.sun.com/products/activator/

++Brian

Eric Advincula wrote:
> 
> at the rate that the JDk keeps changing it makes it hard for browser
> companies to keep up.  Microsoft is probably not even working on making it
> compatible with the correct jdk since they sort of made their own version.
> Netscape just bearly got 1.1.4 out but now Sun has 1.2.x.  My real question
> is to run any java applet on the web, are we limited to the capability of
> the browsers.  I mean of no browser keep up with the changes, does that mean
> that any applet i create wont be able to run?  Are their any alternative to
> running an applet over the internet with out worring about the browser that
> you have.  I know that Sun put out Activator, so that may be an alternative.
> It funny becuase there really is only two companies that make industry
> browsers for windows system.  That sort of makes it very limited.  I read an
> article that Microsoft is concentrating more on DHTML and scripting like
> ISAPI for internet/intranet developement. Microsoft doesnt see any
> advantages on using Java.  I kind of understand their point, especially
> about not browsers not being up to date on the Sun version of the jdk.
> Also, I see a string capability of Java in the intranet market, but as far
> as the internet market to dependent on the browser, causes a problem.
> Second people dont even believe the hipe anymore about write once run
> anywhere.  Also, how many OS are there really.  I work in a company that has
> more than 4000 PC's and 95% are windows and 5% HP9000 servers.  Aside from
> unix only windows dominates the market.  Apple, well they may not even exist
> soon.  I like java for its ease but not really looking at it from the stand
> point that it can run on different os.
> 
> This message is just for conversion pieaces.  If anyone has opinions please
> reply, I not trying to start a holy war of debates but just like to hear
> other opinions about what poeple think about Java.

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Brian Burton                        Custom Software Development
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