Scott Zimmerman has programmed for 17 years in over two dozen languages. He is Manager of Product Architecture with Azron, Inc in San Diego. Azron produces an award-winning wireless electronic medical record system for Windows NT. The opinions expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of his employer.
The Microsoft Java tools are put down by some for lacking JFC, security and
portability. I'll examine each of these in turn, but first a bit of context.
For some time, C++ and Visual Basic have been the application development
leaders. Now, rather suddenly, all developers are looking at Java as an
interesting alternative. Java offers many critical benefits, but it lacks the
low-level power of C++ and it generally won't be as fast. Most developers
will never be able to reap its benefits if these significant detractions
remain. The business opportunity is enormous for anyone shrewd enough to
create Java tools that help developers reach the full potential of client
machines. Microsoft knows this.
I have to laugh as I wade through the JFC vs. AFC debate raging in
comp.lang.java Some Pure Javans despise Microsoft because Internet Explorer
will ship with Microsoft's AFC ... (more)
Scott Zimmerman has programmed for 17 years in over two dozen languages. He is Manager of Product Architecture with Azron, Inc in San Diego. Azron produces an award-winning wireless electronic medical record system for Windows NT. The opinions expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of his employer.
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