Justin Ryan wrote:
> You can also write windows-specific java, which will do things like make
> Win32 API calls. I honestly don't know *why* you would do this, but you
> can, and people do - this is a possibility.
>
> Did they just tell you it wouldn't be supported, or have you tried it?
> likely, it will work - but they won't know if it works..
Oh, I went thru the whole deal to no avail on Linux. Then I got on a windoze
box and discovered it creates directories on the windows box ( you have to
disable ALL security) and installs some windows executable in addition to the
java that's incompatible.
I just see no justifiable REASON to go the MS-ONLY route, even excluding the mac
(God bless their souls) people.
Now, considering that Westlaw's new citation-checking software runs only in MS
Word, with no wordperfect support, I believe they've cut a deal with MS to force
the legal community over to MS Office.
Makes me sick. I hate monopolies. They are distortions in the marketplace and
we are powerless to change them.
>
>
> On Fri, 1 Oct 1999, Justin Georgeson wrote:
>
> > "Brandon W. Beasley" wrote:
> > > >
> > > Question: I THOT JAVA WAS SPOSE TO BE PLATFORM
> > > INDEPENDENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AM I MISSING
> > > SOMETHING?
> > >
> >
> > Apple has their MRJ Java VM to run Java apps. I believe the latest is
> > 2.1.2 which does not yet support Java2 (1.2.x) AFAIK. This could be why
> > the Mac products won't work. But the browser should have it's own VM and
> > I would suspect that Netscape (being owned by AOL, partnered with Sun)
> > would have a VM which supports Java2. <shrug>
> >
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