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Monday, November 20, 2006

"What is Java Software?" You'd think they know by now...

While looking to download the Java5 JDK from Sun, I ran across this on the home page of java.com:

What is Java Software?
Java software allows you to run applications called "applets" that are written in the Java programming language. These applets allow you to play online games, chat with people around the world, calculate your mortgage interest, and view images in 3D. Corporations also use applets for intranet applications and e-business solutions.

Applets!? After almost a decade of Java's success on the server through J2EE and lightweight containers, the marketing idiots at Sun choose to explain what Java is by citing applets?!? Folks, if ever there was a single-sentence hint as to how Sun doesn't quite "get it", this is it.

Java/J2EE

Monday, November 20, 2006 5:51:45 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)
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Monday, November 20, 2006 6:49:17 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

What is .NET Software?

.NET software allows you to run applications called "COM objects" that are written in any freaking language you want. These COM objects allow you to play online games, chat with people around the world, calculate your mortgage interest, and view images in 3D. Corporations also use applets for intranet applications and e-business solutions.

Dion

Saturday, November 25, 2006 5:07:19 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

funny stuff :D

raveman

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