[1852] in java-interest
Re: JDK Question
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Uomini)
Mon Sep 18 20:16:28 1995
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 09:37:41 -0700
From: uomini@fractals.fractals.com (Robert Uomini)
To: phil@bolthole.com, java-interest@java.Eng.Sun.COM
> From daemon@java.sun.com Sat Sep 16 17:51 PDT 1995
> Subject: Re: JDK Question
> To: java-interest@java.Eng.Sun.COM
> Date: Fri, 15 Sep 1995 12:24:39 -0700 (PDT)
> From: phil@bolthole.com (Philip Brown)
> Mime-Version: 1.0
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> X-Info: To unsubscribe, send 'unsubscribe' to java-interest-request@java.sun.com
>
> >
> > Baloney! All of Sun's browsers will support the sun classes,
> > regardless of the hardware or operating system they run on. The "sun"
> > hierarchy includes classes we've developed which aren't part of the
> > Java standard our licensees (and ourselves) are bound by. Netscape has
> > the right to develop a "netscape" set of classes if they wish, and
> > other licensees may wish to develop their own.
>
> I think tcp/ip networking is rather platform independant.
> To say someone will only want to use network functionality if they are
> running on a sun, is silly.
>
> They should have left the net stuff in net.*, actually.
>
> If sun+netscape chooses not to have the net.* classes in the common
> "mandatory" standard for java, fine.
> But THEY SHOULD STILL BE IN net.* !!!
>
I agree. The NetworkClient/NetworkServer interfaces are basic to internetwork
communications; they shouldn't be left up to the vendor to decide whether
they want to implement it, or how.
Bob
---
Robert Uomini
The Fractal Images Company (http://www.fractals.com)
Voice: 510-528-0258/800-548-0258
Fax: 510-528-0243
*******************************************************************************
* Buying or selling a home? Come visit the most comprehensive set of *
* residential real estate listings and related services on the Internet: *
* The FractalNet Real Estate Server, http://www.fractals.com/realestate.html *
*******************************************************************************
-
Note to Sun employees: this is an EXTERNAL mailing list!
Info: send 'help' to java-interest-request@java.sun.com
