You know it's funny how many 'normal people' still have the view that
Java is all about animation in web pages - 'it does that animated Star
Trek looking guy with the juggling balls, right?'
I think that shows the poor job that Sun did to get Java recognized as
a consumer technology.
On Oct 23, 4
On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 12:49 PM, Casper Bang wrote:
> Nope, nor do I know any others who have. I take it you are insinuating
> that Java was going after the flash game segment.
Actually, I believe he was only directly challenging that most people
"couldn't care less about what language/runtime
Nope, nor do I know any others who have. I take it you are insinuating
that Java was going after the flash game segment. That might have
worked out... 10 years ago. Both flash and Java are significant
security attack vectors so I usually recommend family members who
don't really need it, to uninsta
It's my impression that 'normal people', if they've heard of Java at
all have very low expectations. Slow to load and ugly. So, not only
would they not seek out a "java store", they'd probably actively avoid
it. And, frankly, I can't really blame them.
Just yesterday, I was setting up my new print
Yup. I doubt if "Java" will be replaced by Oracle later on.. You can see the
effects of the "consolidate & make profit" strategy already...
If this goes on, what about the other related projects ?
thanks,
jd
On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 11:35 PM, CKoerner wrote:
> If you ask me Java itself is anothe
Never done a google search for flash games?
On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 10:20 AM, Casper Bang wrote:
> The Java store was another naive idea by people (Gosling?) refusing to
> wake up and smell the (stale) coffee. Who would use a "Java store"
> apart from Java developers? Normal people couldn't care
The Java store was another naive idea by people (Gosling?) refusing to
wake up and smell the (stale) coffee. Who would use a "Java store"
apart from Java developers? Normal people couldn't care less about
what language/runtime lies underneath - nor should they.
On Oct 22, 7:59 pm, Blanford wrote:
If you ask me Java itself is another casualty of Larry and co.
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