The purpose of Java is not to write an operating system or device driver but to allow developers to write a general purpose application that runs on multiple devices. I would argue that Linux would be at least 5% faster if it was written in Assembly or better yet machine code. It might make porting it a bear, but if speed is what you are looking for then that would be the best way to do it. This doesn't mean that I won't use Linux or Windows if they decide to switch to C++ or Pascal. I personally don't care as long as it is reliable and performs well.
I love the fact that I have a choice of platforms to run our server software on. We can develop on Linux, then move it to NT for small scale Windows shops, or move it to a big dog UNIX system if needed. I have seen our code run on amost every type of platform with NO codeing change at all! I have seen it run with multiple application servers also.
Steve Michael
steve.michael@performancestrategies.com
Network Architect
It might be high on Microsoft's priority list, but there isn't a damn thing they can do about it. The only thing that I hear Microsoft say about Java is "Have you seen C#?" Wow! What an awesome comeback! The speed of Java use to be an issue, but it isn't anymore. The same people who use to say that C was way too slow (compared to Assembly), are the same people that say Java is too slow. It took C around 5 years to get fast and reliable and it has taken Java around the same.
Are you going to see Quake IV in Java, probably not, but it doesn't have much to do with Java, as much as ID has a team of developers who know C.
If you want great games on Linux/Mac/FreeBSD/anything other than Windows, you guys better hope that people start to develop games in Java. We all know how well companies like Loki have turned out.
Lastly, Microsoft is fighting many a war on many fronts. ie.
1. Anti Trust Case
2. Palm vs. Pocket PC.
3. Sony, Nintendo vs. Xbox vs. PC games.
4. Java (Java2EE) vs..Net
5. Linux vs. Windows XP
6. Open source in general
7. Oracle vs. SQL server
8. AOL messaging vs. Microsoft
9. Star Office vs. Microsoft Office
10. OEM's vs Microsoft
and lastly Steve Balmer vs Heart Atack.
Microsoft has made many enemies over the last few years and they will never ever be able to crush out companies again. The government will see to that:-) I hope they bundle a bunch of stuff in XP and release it early... it will make the case that much stronger...
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The purpose of Java is not to write an operating system or device driver but to allow developers to write a general purpose application that runs on multiple devices. I would argue that Linux would be at least 5% faster if it was written in Assembly or better yet machine code. It might make porting it a bear, but if speed is what you are looking for then that would be the best way to do it. This doesn't mean that I won't use Linux or Windows if they decide to switch to C++ or Pascal. I personally don't care as long as it is reliable and performs well.
I love the fact that I have a choice of platforms to run our server software on. We can develop on Linux, then move it to NT for small scale Windows shops, or move it to a big dog UNIX system if needed. I have seen our code run on amost every type of platform with NO codeing change at all! I have seen it run with multiple application servers also.
Steve Michael
steve.michael@performancestrategies.com
Network Architect
It might be high on Microsoft's priority list, but there isn't a damn thing they can do about it. The only thing that I hear Microsoft say about Java is "Have you seen C#?" Wow! What an awesome comeback! The speed of Java use to be an issue, but it isn't anymore. The same people who use to say that C was way too slow (compared to Assembly), are the same people that say Java is too slow. It took C around 5 years to get fast and reliable and it has taken Java around the same.
.Net
:-) I hope they bundle a bunch of stuff in XP and release it early... it will make the case that much stronger...
Are you going to see Quake IV in Java, probably not, but it doesn't have much to do with Java, as much as ID has a team of developers who know C.
If you want great games on Linux/Mac/FreeBSD/anything other than Windows, you guys better hope that people start to develop games in Java. We all know how well companies like Loki have turned out.
Lastly, Microsoft is fighting many a war on many fronts. ie.
1. Anti Trust Case
2. Palm vs. Pocket PC.
3. Sony, Nintendo vs. Xbox vs. PC games.
4. Java (Java2EE) vs.
5. Linux vs. Windows XP
6. Open source in general
7. Oracle vs. SQL server
8. AOL messaging vs. Microsoft
9. Star Office vs. Microsoft Office
10. OEM's vs Microsoft
and lastly Steve Balmer vs Heart Atack.
Microsoft has made many enemies over the last few years and they will never ever be able to crush out companies again. The government will see to that
Steve Michael