From: "E. ALLEN SMITH" <EALLENSMITH@ocelot.Rutgers.EDU>
Date: Sat, 4 May 1996 11:50:54 +0800
To: perry@piermont.com
Subject: Re: Why I dislike Java. (was Re: "Scruffies" vs. "Neats")
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From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>

>It certainly makes me feel more comfortable. The problem I have is
>that I expect that increasingly pages will arise for which information
>can only be extracted with the use of Java. Some flunky from some desk
>will will come up and scream "what do you mean I can't get a copy of
>Foo Corporation's merger press release because we won't run some
>program! Thats bullshit! Do you know how much money the risk arb desk
>pulls in, you twit! This must never happen again! Fix it immediately!"

	Might I suggest setting up another computer with Java enabled, and
_without_ the critical applications? Somehow, I think they can afford an
extra computer for each desk - it wouldn't have to be a high-capability one.
That would also cure having to have Netscape and other high-network-access
programs on the same computers as the critical applications. (Of course, some
of the critical applications may also need to access the Internet... but they
probably wouldn't need http capability.)
	Of course, feel free to tell me that I don't know what I'm talking
about.
	-Allen