Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!nx02.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!198.186.194.250.MISMATCH!news-xxxfer.readnews.com!news-out.readnews.com!transit3.readnews.com!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: Lew Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.help Subject: Re: Failure of Java HTTP, some puzzles for those with not enough to do Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 11:28:28 -0800 (PST) Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 10 Message-ID: <30773772.321.1322940508644.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@prnu24> References: <1hjed71dvvgkiut8mb1i17lo2gaf6ot76s@4ax.com> <4991613.402.1322750835352.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@prij11> <22410014.387.1322839240485.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@prfx15> Reply-To: comp.lang.java.help@googlegroups.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 173.164.137.214 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: posting.google.com 1322940508 29816 127.0.0.1 (3 Dec 2011 19:28:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 19:28:28 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=173.164.137.214; posting-account=CP-lKQoAAAAGtB5diOuGlDQk0jIwmH0T User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-Google-Web-Client: true Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.help:1417 Roedy Green wrote: > Lew wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said : >> My point is that, attempts notwithstanding, there really was no WORA back then. > > browsers and Javascript are doing a excellent job of derailing it now. Perhaps they are; I haven't disputed that. I do dispute that the state of WORA had some nostalgic bygone Golden Age until some IT Tower of Babel came down and fragmented all the platforms. -- Lew