Lawsuits Fail to Dampen Java Enthusiasm nytimes.com
Whatever happens in the court battles now under way between Sun Microsystems and Microsoft, the software industry appears to be solidly behind the Java programming language, and most developers seem to accept Sun's assertion that it has a right to define the language. ...
In the market for enhancing Web pages, Java has dominated because it offers the only hope for people to write a program that will run on many different platforms. The closest Microsoft technology, ActiveX, will generally only run on PCs, and it has been plagued by security holes and installation problems. Some users report that installing an ActiveX component can damage their system files, forcing them to reinstall their software. ...
... Java provides a solution that runs on all of a company's machines.
At least it should. All Java developers report headaches caused by inconsistencies between different kinds of computers. Most of the differences are subtle and cosmetic, often affecting aesthetics more than the functionality of a program. For instance, buttons or other controls may line up nicely in one browser and look askew in another, although they all function correctly and consistently.
These inconsistencies will begin to disappear as Sun writes out the strategies and formulates a Java standard. ...
Mighty quiet around here these days. The Java/NOISE front seems to be holding, Embrace and Demolish seems to be on the defensive, at least on the hearts and minds front, but I can't claim to be an objective observer. Anybody else have a take on the week's events? My main take is a real admiration for Ralph Nader, I was quite ambivalent about him before but he seems to have read through Microsoft pretty quickly. Smart guy. See news.com for a good interview, he seems to have most of the company lines pinned down good.
Cheers, Dan. |
