> Given the fact that Java was originally intended in part as a > tool to break > Micro$oft's dominance of the industry, the irony of that is just > staggering...
Nick replied:
Eh? Java was originally intended as a set-top box programming language -- a
way to distribute multimedia software to televisions. It was called Oak in
those days.
I stand corrected. Let me rephrase. When I first heard about Java, it was in an article that described it as a language where you could write a program once and compile it anywhere, so as to help narrow the software gap between Windows and other OS's. Am I correct in understanding that the "compile anywhere" promise has not been achieved yet?
Reggie Bautista
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