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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