> Java on the other hand has not found its sweet must-have niche on the > web, and its installation numbers reflect it.
I did a simple crawler application a while ago to try and figure out just how little client Java matters in contrast to Flash, the results was that less than 1% of websites use some sort of client Java (applet/ webstart) while 18% used some sort of Flash/Flex. So installation numbers have never really mattered except for the few people that needed Java for home banking or so. In other words, hearing Sun executives talk about a gazillion Java installations never really mattered much to the end user, although hopefully JavaFX will change that. > Reasons why Linux users have a valid reason to hate / dislike Java: Apart from that, the Linux community is generally very picky and likes productive tools with a certain amount of expressiveness. They also love reuse and interoperability. This has never been Java's strength, you can not readily take advantage of the impressive set of tools and libraries available on this platform. These aspect has probably been most prominently covered by Paul Graham's essays "Java's cover", "Great hackers" and "Hackers and Painters": http://www.paulgraham.com/javacover.html http://www.paulgraham.com/gh.html (Audio: http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail188.html) http://www.paulgraham.com/hp.html /Casper --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
