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Re: updates and so on

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On 11/21/2013 5:47 PM, Qu0ll wrote:
> "Thomas Richter"  wrote in message
> news:l6lnvr$v5g$1@news2.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de...
> [snip]
>> Nowadays, java programs are server-side, and not client side as
>> envisioned, and
>> thus the "dynamical update mechanism" is - as a tool for software
>> deployment - not really needed.
>
> WTF? Have you not heard of Swing, Applets, Java Web Start, SWT, AWT or
> JavaFX?  Have you not heard of embedded Java or The Internet of Things?
>
> Java is on far more platforms and devices than ever and Oracle is very
> deliberately pushing Java to be the "technology of choice" for embedded
> platforms and the IoT.  Many of these platforms require GUIs and of
> course need to be updated.
>
> The notion that "java (sic) programs are server-side" is utter nonsense.

Java is not only server side.

But if we look at the amount of Java code being written and the
number of people employed to write the code, then Java EE aka
"server side" is certainly by far the biggest share. Android, desktop
apps, applets, embedded etc. being far behind.

Arne

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Re: updates and so on Thomas Richter <thor@math.tu-berlin.de> - 2013-11-21 20:47 +0100
  Re: updates and so on "Qu0ll" <Qu0llSixFour@gmail.com> - 2013-11-22 09:47 +1100
    Re: updates and so on Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-11-21 18:37 -0500
      Re: updates and so on "Qu0ll" <Qu0llSixFour@gmail.com> - 2013-11-22 10:44 +1100
        Re: updates and so on Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-11-21 19:13 -0500
          Re: updates and so on "Qu0ll" <Qu0llSixFour@gmail.com> - 2013-11-22 14:00 +1100
            Re: updates and so on Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-11-21 22:29 -0500
          Re: updates and so on Nigel Wade <nmw@ion.le.ac.uk> - 2013-11-22 13:32 +0000
            Re: updates and so on Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-11-22 20:08 -0500
    Re: updates and so on Thomas Richter <thor@math.tu-berlin.de> - 2013-11-22 09:57 +0100
      Re: updates and so on "Qu0ll" <Qu0llSixFour@gmail.com> - 2013-11-22 20:01 +1100
        Re: updates and so on Thomas Richter <thor@math.tu-berlin.de> - 2013-11-22 10:30 +0100
          Re: updates and so on Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-12-09 21:15 -0500
        Re: updates and so on Fredrik Jonson <fredrik@jonson.org> - 2013-11-24 20:14 +0000
          Re: updates and so on Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2013-11-24 21:33 +0100
          Re: updates and so on "Qu0ll" <Qu0llSixFour@gmail.com> - 2013-11-25 21:21 +1100
          Re: updates and so on Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-12-09 21:18 -0500

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