Java in libraries? (fwd)

The Big Glee Bopper thom at indiana.edu
Mon Dec 11 16:02:49 EST 1995


On Mon, 11 Dec 1995, Michael Reagan wrote:

> 
> Thanks to Microsoft, not one of my favorite companies at the moment, I 
> am not in a position to comment about Java from experience.
> 
> Since Java requires a 32 bit operating system, I would like to move to 
> Windows 95 to try it out, BUT
> Windows 95 wreaks havoc with our Novell Netware environment and
>            conflicts with our preferred WWW browser, Netscape SO
> we are stuck in Windows 3.1 or WFWG 3.11 for the foreseeable future SO
> Java will not be a reality here FTFF SO

Why not think about a stand alone 486 with the javac complier on it to 
_play_ with the future? Or partition a drive and load Linux in which I 
think also have the javac compiler? Get something working and move it to 
a networked machine.

--Thom


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