Re: Is anyone out there?

In a message dated 97-11-12 00:33:46 EST, you write:

> > >Yup. Looks like all of us who voted for the Java list just wanted to
read
>  > >messages, not write them. :-)

I'm in the same boat as many others -- trying to get some good advice before
getting started.  Wayne Madden ("News/400" Publisher and Editor-In-Chief)
gave an extremely interesting speech at our LUG last night regarding both
JAVA and career development.

Seems the reason both Intel and Micro$oft are so disparaging toward JAVA is
that it will run on _ANY_ processor, and doesn't particularly need an OS to
work from.  If you have a browser written in JAVA, it can run on anything
from an Intel PC, to an AS/400, to a DEC, to the chip in your digital watch
or microwave -- given the right "BEANS" and enough memory (feels like I'm
leaving something out there, but you get the picture).  A browser give you
Inter/Intranet connection, and future JAVA plug-ins will give you the same
operational characteristics of your PC -- _WITHOUT_ having to "pick" (no pun
intended) an operating system or have a multi-Gb hard drive just to support
your software.

Wayne certainly made some good points in several areas and, if I had a
videotape of his speech, it would be required viewing (and I'd want to see
copious notes) for every software engineer I work with.  If you can get him
for _your_ LUG, I'd highly recommend it...

Regards,

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-Mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com

"After thirty, the body has a mind of its own." -- Bette Midler
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