>Some comments on these bits: > >> I have been asked questions >> such as "what is the lifetime of a WEO", and what happens >> in eg 10 years time when the Java virtual engine is no longer >> installed/supported on the majority of Web browsers. > >Jmol is opensource! There is absolutely no reason not to copy the Java >code into any other more trendy language. I really don't care about a >possible end of Java (see also below), because the code can be ported to >any language.
That was not quite my point. Xmol was opensource (one of the first) and because it was opensource, Jmol could be created. But lets not forget that the Jmol project started in 1996, but perhaps did not reach maturity until 2002? It took a considerable effort to move Xmol to Jmol. And Jmol is of course much bigger now than Xmol ever was. And I should remind us all that Rasmol was opensource, but its "wrapping" as Chime of course was not. There is an interesting history to how this happened (I was sort of involved) but here is not the place to recount that story -- Henry Rzepa. +44 (020) 7594 5774 (Voice); +44 (0870) 132 3747 (eFax); [EMAIL PROTECTED] (iChat) http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/rzepa/ Dept. Chemistry, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ, UK. (Voracious anti-spam filter in operation for received email. If expected reply not received, please phone/fax). ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list Jmol-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
