xyJava revisited [was Re: A couple of issues]

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"As I read it, the jury still is out on Java" --me

"The arch-skeptic of P.C. Mag, John Dvorak, is indeed skeptical of the
usefulness of Java." --Leslie

Quite so, Leslie. I wanted to avoid mentioning ZD mags since I happen to
share Harmon's sentiment that they are de facto MS house organs. But who
wins and who loses with Java is less straightforward than Harmon implies.
Big Bad Bill has described the win95 competition as win3 (not System 7;
Warp is below the sight line). MS of course wants to supplant Java, but
has licensed it. Java serves MS's purposes by encouraging upgrades to
win95 since multithreading is a Java prerequisite and win3 of course
can't do it. That presumably accounts for the noises The Megacorp That
Sized Up the Computing Public and Gave Us the PCJr and Warp is making
about writing a vaporware win3 JDK--to discourage win3 users from
upgrading. Said megacorp has apparently never reassessed its estimate of
the computing public's intelligence. ... Ciao. 	--Annie

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