Re: Re:choosing an OS and getting comfy with a new pc

Because they make more money getting people to develop with ASP, C#, VB, etc
than people using Java on Windows.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Johnson" <sjohnson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users'" <pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 1:03 PM
Subject: RE: [PcTech] Re:choosing an OS and getting comfy with a new pc


>
> What I don't understand is why MS doesn't step up to the plate and create
a JVM
> for the Windows platform and tweak the heck out of it and claim that their
OSs
> are the best/fastest to use when running Java apps.  IBM did it with the
JVM for
> the iSeries and their other OSs.  Why would MS want to risk losing OS
sales to
> competitors just because they won't include a JVM.
>
> -- Scott Johnson
>
>
> > No argument. MS should't have mucked with the JVM the way
> > they did. But
> > that's not to say they no longer support Java, or that they
> > are now working
> > to make Java break. Sun said "what you've done is against the
> > license" and
> > MS (after arguing) said "ok, we'll stop"
>
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