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1996-06-05 - Re: Java

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From: nelson@crynwr.com
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Message Hash: ee1d95b88728f642d6e260621f45458bd61bfc4ea43f7529394d4392561474b2
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UTC Datetime: 1996-06-05 20:46:49 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 04:46:49 +0800

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From: nelson@crynwr.com
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 04:46:49 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Java
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Message-ID: <19960605135204.2792.qmail@ns.crynwr.com>
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Raph Levien writes:

 >    Another concern with Java is that it acheives portability at the cost 
 > of enforcing a lowest common denominator. For example, all real Windows 
 > applications support OLE, and all real Mac applications support Apple 
 > Events. Java applets, and even applications, can't do either. To me, 
 > that makes the accomplishment of portability a bit less impressive, even 
 > if it were so.

On the other hand, you have the potential for running a second Java
applet inside a first Java applet, achieving OLE in a portable
fashion, across all operating systems.  Encryption everywhere.

-russ <nelson@crynwr.com>    http://www.crynwr.com/~nelson
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