RE: "Client Access" for Linux

Why don't they tell you that when they say "Java is portable"?  It's
convieniently left out.

So, it should be..

"Our application uses Java, which is 100% portable*."

* Java portability depends on the JVM installed on your machine.  It also
only applies to applications, not servlets, beans or applets.  So, chances
are since we wrote this for M$, it will only work on M$ just like if we had
programmed this in VB exclusivly for M$, except it will run slower.  But
hey, it sold the product, didn't it?  And please don't ask us how to tell
which JVM you have installed.    

*snicer*

Brad

> -----Original Message-----
> From: McCallion, Martin [mailto:MccalliM@Midas-Kapiti.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 6:21 AM
> To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> Subject: RE: "Client Access" for Linux
> 
> 
> > "... or any OS installed with a compliant Java VM"
> > 
> > What does this mean?  Are there different versions of JVMs on 
> > different
> > OS's?  
> 
> Of course there are.  Remember, the JVM is the layer between the Java
> bytecodes and the actual operating system.  As such, the JVM is
> effectively an application native to the operating system.  
> You wouldn't
> expect IBM's JVM for OS/400 to run on Windows NT, would you?
> 
> > If M$ has their own, does this mean it only works on 
> > M$?  
> 
> Exactly.  You couldn't run a Windows JVM on a Sun any more than you
> could run WRKDBF on Windows CE.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Martin.
> 
> 
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