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There is a great article in PC Week on the current status of fragmentation of java flavors among vendors. "Bale, Dan" wrote: > > Nelson, > > 2) Is this the "pure" Java vs. Microsoft Java battle that's been in the news > that you're talking about? Somewhat related, it was my understanding that > there will always be platform-specific ... umm ... what do they call them... > libraries(?). Normal Java applications will be able to remain "pure" for > WO-RA, but that changes once you start getting into system-level functions, > hence the platform-specific libraries. Am I wrong about that? > > Also, how does Linux play into the picture? Linux is an OS, Java is an > application language. > > - Dan Bale > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Nelson C. Smith [SMTP:ncsmith@gate.net] > > Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 9:09 PM > > To: RPG400-L@midrange.com > > Subject: Re: Modernising the AS/400 > > > > Two reasons: > > > > 1.) IBM is so committed to it that they will probably get the performance > > issues worked out and everyone else won't, and > > > > 2.) From what I read in non-IBM journals, JAVA seems to already be > > starting > > to fragment into many "house flavors". That's probably the kiss of death. > > The rest of the world is already moving on the next cure-all buzzword, > > Linux, and I see all the same claims being made about it that they were > > making about JAVA two years ago. > > > > Nothing factual here, of course, just that uneazy feeling that we've been > > here before. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Bale, Dan" <DBale@lear.com> > > To: <RPG400-L@midrange.com> > > Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 10:04 AM > > Subject: RE: Modernising the AS/400 > > > > > > > Nelson, > > > > > > > On JAVA, I have a feeling it will be a ... failure in the rest of the > > > world and we will > > > > once again have our own little language that no one else uses. > > > > > > That is a bit surprising to hear. Why do you think that? > > > > > > - Dan Bale > +--- > | This is the RPG/400 Mailing List! > | To submit a new message, send your mail to RPG400-L@midrange.com. > | To subscribe to this list send email to RPG400-L-SUB@midrange.com. > | To unsubscribe from this list send email to RPG400-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. > | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com > +--- -- L. S. Russell Programmer/Analyst Datrek Professional Bags, Inc. 2413 Industrial Drive Springfield, TN. 37172 mailto:leslier@datrek.com http://www.datrek.com -- +--- | This is the RPG/400 Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to RPG400-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to RPG400-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to RPG400-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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