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To: Keith Hankin who wrote (12469)	12/9/1998 4:55:00 PM
From: Dennis	Respond to of 64865

Thread......what happened today....just some profit taking on low volume??? TIA

To: Keith Hankin who wrote (12469)	12/9/1998 5:58:00 PM
From: QwikSand	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 64865

Ok, Keith. SInce you bring it up, maybe you can enlighten me about that very question. I've never actually understood the rationale for Java on the server. I thought that, apart from its advantages as a programming language, Java's main strength was as a compact and portable binary image for applications or modules that move around over a wire or through the air. I've always associated the eventual success of Java with the upswing in the availability of low-cost bandwidth. Performance in the thin client matters less than performance of the network and the server. When I think of a server, I think mostly of the need to handle a huge and growing number of transactions (page hits, queries, downloads, whatever), and of a machine that is stressed to the max, where every spare cycle counts, a machine that may be running perhaps some of the same applications that run on the thin client, but mostly runs a small number of "big iron" databases, web servers, perl scripts, etc. Assuming there are good C++ compilers for all servers, I have never figured out Java's value-added in this environment. Is it that the appliance becomes just a display and input device and all computing is done on the server? What's the pitch? Regards, --QwikSand