RE: no Java in XP Windows

This has been in the news for some time now.  M$ is "threatening" to remove
java, but I think it's just a abstract way to word something to make it
sound like it means more than it does.

I assume this means that the M$ JVM will no longer be available.  (I did
know of one software package that used it... we don't use it anymore..)

It's like when IBM says "We're no longer enhancing/supporting SDA/PDM/SEU"
people automatically think "IBM is taking it away!!!".  That's not the case.
But some folks just gotta nasty trigger finger and must lead such boring
lives that they like to read more into things just for a rise in their day.
(If you took offense to that, it's just a joke...)

Brad

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Pluta [mailto:joepluta@PlutaBrothers.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 8:20 AM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: RE: no Java in XP Windows
> 
> 
> This is an interesting statement.  Most people don't use the 
> "Microsoft
> operating system" to run Java.  They use either the Sun or 
> IBM JVM on their
> machines; is Microsoft saying that those will no longer work? 
>  If that's the
> case, how many OTHER applications won't work with XP?  Or are 
> they just
> acknowledging that nobody uses their JVM anyway?
> 
> On the other hand, if they're talking about Explorer, are 
> they saying that
> applets will no longer run inside Explorer?  That ought to 
> upset more than a
> few people.
> 
> Joe
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
> > [mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Leif Svalgaard
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 11:48 PM
> > To: List Midrange
> > Subject: no Java in XP Windows
> >
> >
> > Microsoft Corp. will not include the Java programming 
> language in its new
> > Windows XP operating system, the software giant said Tuesday.
> >
> > Microsoft spokesman Tom Pilla said the company decided not 
> to include the
> > language so it wouldn't violate a legal settlement agreement.
> 
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