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Java good for us?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Mehrle)
Wed Nov 22 13:27:00 1995
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 1995 12:05:11 -0700
To: tahmed <tahmed@on.bell.ca>
From: michael@w3media.com (Michael Mehrle)
Cc: java-interest@java.sun.com
>> by a factor 2-4 just by tweaks in the interpeter after the beta release.
>>
>> Of course what we are really waiting for is dynamic compilation to
>> native code. Java will then run just a hair slower than other compiled code.
>>
>> (Java is going to eat the world.)
> Java is neccessary. And I heard word that it will support
>Corba. Without JAva, the web is all the same.
> What's better, is that you need to be a programmer to write
>Java. Which will eliminate all those fools out there putting up
>garbage 0 content pages overnight.
>
>
Hi there!
You're totally right! We're a webdesign company and if it wasn't for more
sophisticated tools like Java that require (fortunately) more sophisticated
skills, I could close down my company tomorrow! I've been in the graphic
design business, for well, almost a decade, grew into "multimedia" and my
natural extension of my previous work was to become a web-designer (and it
took a while to get comfortable with the idea of hacking code!).
From my experiences with clients on two continents so far: I can tell you,
that most customers are a perfidious pack of schmucks who don't give a crap
about good design, storyboarding or a well human interaction interface, as
long as they can do it SOMEHOW themselves.
With Aldus' new drag-and-drop HTML tool in example, HTML will become the
Pagemaker of the web. Most smaller companies will do it themselves, trying
to save resources, having their little web account with some cheapo service
provider. Weird, although a lot of companies spend thousands in
advertising, they often insist of doing the design and copywriting
themselves.
More and more turn-key-solution from Microsoft, Aldus, Netscape etc. will
hit the market; so the only alternative for developers like you and me will
be to "specialize" in a variety of skill sets, that would be extremely hard
to attain in a short amount of time and a limited amount of I.Q. 8^),
hence programming and scripting is the key, to make a buck IMHO!
It is up to us to create the tools that will attract the market out there,
but at the same time will still keep us in business. With a more
sophisticated agenda on the web and an increasing demand for higher
bandwith, HTML will hopefully only remain the basic structure of a site,
whereas professional designed and highly visible sites will most definitely
include Quicktime and AVID movies, Java animations, RDBMS accessing, VRML,
etc, etc...
Believe me my fellow developers; Java, Perl, and other webrelated
development tools, are the only family we have left, now!
What's your opinion? Will Java change the Net for the better and provide
constant work for all of us? Or will Billy's and Aldus' turn-key-solutions
take over, raking in big time, leaving us in the dust??
Michael Mehrle
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