[NTLUG:Discuss] Java Support?

[Steve Baker]

I know that there are quite a few web site creators and maintainers on
this list and I was just curious what your reactions were to Microsoft's
announcement that they won't be supporting Java on WinXP? (Not even in
their browser)

  * Will you immediately rewrite all that stuff in C# or whatever
    weirdness M$ are going to stick everyone with.

  * Will you assume that the uptake of XP will be slow - and that
    3rd party Java plugins will take up the slack - and just stick
    with Java?

This seems an amazingly arrogant thing of M$ to do so soon before
the impending next-round of anti-trust litigation.

The effect on Linux users is potentially rather serious.  Making
a freeware C# clone won't be easy because (if I understand things
correctly), a bunch of Windoze OS calls are exposed directly through
the language.

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