Re: Now, why didn't we think of this before?

mdean (mdean@best.com)
Wed, 26 Mar 1997 00:04:07 -0800 (PST)


In summary: Java sucks.

On Tue, 25 Mar 1997, Shawn Rutledge wrote:

> My 2 cents worth -
>
> JavaOS should be ported natively to whatever processor is of interest; you
> shouldn't have an OS on top of a VM on top of a VM. Besides, for the client-
> side applications that Java was intended for, it can stand alone; Linux is
> not an end in itself, especially for those apps, and having a shell on top
> of Java is not that useful. Linux's strength is being on the server side
> of the network of Java clients, or running a combination of fast native code
> and slow Java clients.
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