[5432] in java-interest
Re: Microsoft`s Java-Killer! (VBScript)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stan Guillory)
Thu Feb 8 16:43:44 1996
From: guillory@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Stan Guillory)
To: CS9H4KAJ@swansea.ac.uk (ALEXANDER J KERR)
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 14:26:23 -0600 (CST)
Cc: java-interest@java.sun.com
In-Reply-To: <3458E91E2B@CCUGRAD.SWAN.AC.UK> from "ALEXANDER J KERR" at Feb 8, 96 01:58:34 pm
>
> As regards VBScript being easier than Java, of course it is - you`re
> not supposed to be comparing the two. JavaScript is the much superior
> alternative to VBScript. You won't have to learn Java for most things
> - you'll simply plug together other people`s Java applets/modules and
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This is the only flaw I see in your analysis. I write Java
Applets/Modules (can we please just call them programs for the
sake of tradition?), and each non-trivial Java Applet/Module/Program
that I write requires a significant amount of my time. I program
in Java because I like the language. But are there really going
to be enough useful java applets/modules/programs written by people
like me to make the whole process FREE for people who aren't going
to have to learn java?
It is fruitless to compare whatever the Java model of software
distribution and compensation is to the current, apparently
malevolent, model of which Microsoft is a part. The Java model
is not complete.
> alter their behaviour with JavaScript.
This sounds alot like OLE automation. God forbid we could accomplish
similar goals with different technologies/tools.
>This will quite likely become the new
> model for popular software development as, relatively, it will be
> both easy and quick, while still being very flexible.
What new model? At some point, people are going to want to be
compensated for the time they spent creating this "core" set
of java applets/modules/programs. At the point, I see little
different in the model.
>
> OK? - No worries, everything'll turn out fine in the end...
Hey, I have no worries. I like stability.
> Alexander Kerr.
> cs9h4kaj@swansea.ac.uk
>
Stanford S. Guillory
guillory@ncsa.uiuc.edu
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