>>>My being long on SUNW is not "totally" against my thoughts, though I realize that my postings imply that. I enjoy the discussion here and am using this forum to learn. I have read the postings in this thread back several months and have learned a lot. By debating with you, I am not trying to convince you of anything (repeat that three times for effect). I am trying to learn from you.<<<
Jerry, it is fair enough, you certainly made some good efforts.
>>>Here is something I read about but have not seen, except for some cute sys admin type applets. Has anyone actually seen Java apps in production? Are these mission-critical apps? Are there any really productive office automation apps being used effectively? I don't know, but I haven't seen any, myself.
I kinda get the impression that a lot of folks see Java as the savior of Unix. So, until we see compelling, effective Java-based apps available, the savior isn't born yet, would you agree?<<<
Check my previous post about keyLabs's report techstocks.com
be patient, no doubt it takes time, but the Java train has started, next year releasing of JDK 1.2 with HotSpot will kick somebody as* hard.
>>>And Sun's reluctance to step up to this could allow anarchy to rein, which, IMO, will result in java tribal rivalries. Each will claim that they know who the "savior" really is so the holy war will intensify. (And guess who just might take advantage of this chaos to methodically create the applications for his version of Java? In this
case MSFT is a "third party".) Remember how confusing the Unix world was just 5 years ago? That confusion resulted in Unix becoming a nich OS rather than a competitor to MS/DOS, Windows 3.x, Novell, etc.<<<
One rumor which really concerns me is: SunSoft took contorl of JavaOS
from JavaSoft because they were afraid of the threat of JavaOS on Solaris. if it were true, I could only hope someone in SunSoft should not be such a shortsighted. Anyway, Sun controls java, they can afford
to make some mistakes.
Cheers
Gordon Shen |
