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Re: Question on Java and networks?

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From: Gilbert Padilla
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 00:00
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Well java sould be Delphi alike lenguage.

Eric Advincula wrote in message <697g61$7ra7@forums.borland.com>...
>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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Date: 1998/01/25
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