Re: What good is an application?

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From: Stan Goodman
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 00:00

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On Wed, 12 Aug 1998 19:51:44, "Kevin Holmes" <kevinh@natech.com> 
'llowed:

 If I write an application that has to read and write files, and even uses
 the new communications api, what the hell good is it if I can't distribute
 it without having to set up someone else's computer with the Java Runtime
 Environment? Is there a way to distribute a stand alone application without
 giving a guy 20 disks and a book of installation instructions?

If your customer has no use for Java other than to run your 
application, it would seem that Java installation is an unreasonable 
load on your application. 

Your customers are closed systems? They don't run programs other than 
what you give them?

Do you feel responsible for giving your customers an operating system 
too?


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Stan Goodman
Qiryat Tiv'on
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Subject: Re: What good is an application?
Date: 1998/08/13
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