Re: Java and NC

Nils.Myklebust@idg.no (Nils Myklebust) wrote: >This week one of the major insurance companies in Norway stoped a US$ >2.6 million dollar project to develop new systems based on MS Windows >NT. >They are now evaluating going the NC/Java route instead. They now have >4.500 PC's and terminals which they want to replace with NCs as fast >as possible to run Java and other intranet based applications. What percentage of those are terminals? I would be very surprised if they are going to throw away thousands of PCs. They could just put a Java VM on them. Personally, I don't think NC will take off for intranet applications. Java on the other hand will probably become the dominant programming environment for applications and should kill off VB, Delphi, PB in the process. Have a look at www.apptivity.com and www.netdynamics.com for examples of Java RAD tools for building database application. In fact Apptivity reminds me of NewEra. Also, there are Java compilers available or in the pipeline that can produce Windows EXEs or DLLs. So if the application is purely intranet and you don't want to get rid of your PCs, you can build Windows EXE applications using Java. Also, I don't think Microsoft is scared anymore. Their VJ++ tool and AFC class library shows that they are taking Java seriously although surprisingly, VJ++ can't produce a Windows EXE (yet). . The next couple of years will be very interesting. David David W Chan GO5 Limited david@go5.com (work) dwc@cix.compulink.co.uk (home)