Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 06:46:57 -0700 From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) To: Jules Gilbert <jules.stocks@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-java-request@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: this is probably a little touchy to ask... Message-ID: <86sk1hk8xa.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinmfMdYUpNGKCCAX1cE7pZJDFC07BoRsQ9XxhsA@mail.gmail.com> (Jules Gilbert's message of "Fri, 10 Sep 2010 06:38:00 -0400") References: <AANLkTi=7sTm12NUdAeRrX1ZUsSveS9k7dk=hc%2BgWV9jK@mail.gmail.com> <86pqwmlhdu.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> <AANLkTinmfMdYUpNGKCCAX1cE7pZJDFC07BoRsQ9XxhsA@mail.gmail.com>
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>>>>> "Jules" == Jules Gilbert <jules.stocks@gmail.com> writes: Jules> Look, I'm just a user. I'm not a Java developer, not a language Jules> developer, not a run-time specialist. But folks, we got problems! I Jules> say this because it's becoming really hard to make Java run on a Jules> browser. And that's why I challenged you as to "why". We needed Java to run in the browser back before we had cross-platform DHTML widgets. But with HTML5 around the corner, I've got to again ask, "why Java"? Java had its day. Time to move on. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <merlyn@stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/>; Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.vox.com/ for Smalltalk and Seaside discussion
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