[NTLUG:Discuss] Java Support?

[Bug Hunter]

  They don't even support JavaScript properly on their older browsers.
They call theirs "jscript".   It does things a little differently, so it
makes it hard to write for Netscape and IE and have it work the same.

On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, Steve Baker wrote:

> 
> 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.
>