Java browser for Windows 3.1x

[Bill King]

Having attended Sun's 3-day Java class, I can tell you that Sun's
position on this is they won't write a virtual machine or
browser for Win 3.1 because it lacks "robust multithreading"
and it's not 32 bit. They claim others have tried but haven't
gotten anywhere with it.

They just don't feel that Win 3.1 is capable of handling what
Java needs. 

In message <951207130440.876 at STOCKTON.LIB.CA.US>you write
> 	Hi.  With all the flurry of articles on Java recently, it seems
> like this "next big thing" is currently available in Windows environments
> for Windows 95 or Windows NT.  Is that correct?  I have tried finding 
> information on the possibility of the Sun people porting one to the
> Windows 3.1x user base, but the company is reportedly not planning
> to work on this.   
> 
> 	Do any of the very knowledgeable people on this list know if
> anyone is close to having a product out that will work on a regular
> old Windows 3.1x platform.  If so, please point me in the right 
> direction.  Would the Win32s extenders that enable MPEGPLAY to work
> be sufficient to try the Java browser.  Or is there something in
> Windows 95 or NT that goes beyond Win32s?   
> 
> 	I am not really a "techie."  But I would hope someone is going
> to produce a Java system that can work for those of us who don't
> want to move to Windows 95 yet.   Thank you for your assistance.
> 
> --Bill Walker
>   Reference Dept.
>   Stockton Public Library.

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