Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 07:57:25 -0600 From: Mark Sommer <msommer@somware.com> To: <freebsd-java-request@freebsd.org>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, <freebsd-java@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: this is probably a little touchy to ask... Message-ID: <C8AF9565.488C1%msommer@somware.com> In-Reply-To: <86sk1hk8xa.fsf@red.stonehenge.com>
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On 9/10/10 7:46 AM, "Randal L. Schwartz" <merlyn@stonehenge.com> wrote: >>>>>> "Jules" == Jules Gilbert <jules.stocks@gmail.com> writes: > > Jules> Look, I'm just a user. I'm not a Java developer, not a language > Jules> developer, not a run-time specialist. But folks, we got problems! I > Jules> say this because it's becoming really hard to make Java run on a > Jules> browser. > > And that's why I challenged you as to "why". We needed Java to run in > the browser back before we had cross-platform DHTML widgets. But with > HTML5 around the corner, I've got to again ask, "why Java"? > > Java had its day. Time to move on. That's a pretty idealistic view of the upcoming release of HTML5. I have yet to see a release of HTML that is compatible across browsers, i.e. adapted universally by all browsers uniformly. Java is still a very viable platform, even on the browser. ~Mark
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