Serge Knystautas dijo: > Antonio Gallardo wrote: >> I see many wrong here. Just to refresh the mind: >> >> http://news.com.com/2100-1001_3-225523.html >> http://news.com.com/2100-1001_3-227105.html >> http://news.com.com/2100-1001_3-251401.html > > At the core of these discussions is that Microsoft wanted to make it > easier to control ActiveX components from within Java, and Sun wanted > keep Java OS-neutral. When I evaluated Sun (JNI) and MS's (JDirect) > proposals, I thought MS has a better one. And I think there's a > cause-effect relationship between Sun's stance of keeping OS-neutral and > Java losing the desktop.
But ActiveX implementation not exists in Linux, OS-X, etc. Other OSes has another special features. Part of the power of Java is that you are able to compile it (in any OS) and run it in any OS. But if you start using some features locked to an specific OS, then you start to lose that. Best Regards, Antonio Gallardo --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
