Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 23:54:06 +0000 From: Paul Wootton <paul@fletchermoorland.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: sterling@camdensoftware.com Subject: Re: this is probably a little touchy to ask... Message-ID: <4C8EB99E.50609@fletchermoorland.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20100910151651.GA29465@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> References: <C8AF9565.488C1%msommer@somware.com> <86occ5k6yo.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> <20100910151651.GA29465@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com>
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On 09/10/10 15:16, Chip Camden wrote: > Perhaps someone could provide specific use cases for which Java is the > only good solution? > Take a look at some online games. For example Runescape (www.runescape.com) Taken from Wikipedia "/*RuneScape*/ is a fantasy <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy>; massively multiplayer online role-playing game <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massively_multiplayer_online_role-playing_game>; (MMORPG) released in January 2001 by Andrew <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Gower>; and Paul Gower,^[2] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RuneScape#cite_note-ProquestGower-1>; and developed by Jagex Ltd. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagex>; It is a graphical <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_game>; browser game <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_game>; implemented on the client-side <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Client_%28computing%29>; in Java <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_%28programming_language%29>, and incorporates 3D rendering <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_rendering>. The game has approximately 10 million active accounts, over 130 million registered accounts,^[3] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RuneScape#cite_note-TechRadar-2>; and is recognised by the Guinness World Records <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinness_World_Records>; as the world's most popular free MMORPG.^[4] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RuneScape#cite_note-Guinness_Records-3>; " Using Java, Jagex have made Runescape available to most computer users, not just Windows users A lot of IP-KVMs also use client side Java apps. Paul
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