On Fri, Oct 08, 1999 at 02:50:00PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Does this mean we dont need Java, since the OS (Linux) is the same
> across all platforms ?

No. Linux/IA32 binaries will not run on Linux PowerPC. You still need
many binaries. Java solves the problem.

But the fundamental problem with Java is performance. If someone can
get superfast hardware or make JVMs fast enough that you don't care
about performance, Java would be great!

        -Arun

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