this is probably a little touchy to ask...

[Mark Sommer]

On 9/10/10 7:46 AM, "Randal L. Schwartz" <merlyn at stonehenge.com> wrote:

>>>>>> "Jules" == Jules Gilbert <jules.stocks at 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.

That's a pretty idealistic view of the upcoming release of HTML5.  I have
yet to see a release of HTML that is compatible across browsers, i.e.
adapted universally by all browsers uniformly.  Java is still a very viable
platform, even on the browser.

~Mark