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Subject: Re: Java
From: Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 17:27:46 -0600
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Here is the key question, in my mind. Is Java closing the gap, or isWindows moving forward faster than Java? In other words, is Javafollowing OS/2?


Joe Pluta wrote:

From: Bob Crothers

Joe Said:

You seem to have a very Windows-centric view of the
world.

Guilty as charged!  Because that is what my customers use on their
desktops.


Fine.  But I'm just advising that this a narrow view and doesn't really
support the phrase "Java is dead".  Java is not as popular a client platform
on Windows, but in reality a lot of people are looking at it so that their
applications aren't locked into MS.

Just another viewpoint.

Joe

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