> Not that cross-platform Java can't be done (in fact it can), but it does take deliberate effort to ensure cross-platform support
To be fair, at least for desktop apps, we are down to three platforms now. If it runs on Linux, Mac and Windows, you are about 100% covered. The days of having dozens of vendor-specific Java runtimes around are pretty much over. And as much as I like my IBM RS/6000 workstation, I wouldn't try to run Eclipse on it.
To be fair, at least for desktop apps, we are down to three platforms now. If it runs on Linux, Mac and Windows, you are about 100% covered. The days of having dozens of vendor-specific Java runtimes around are pretty much over. And as much as I like my IBM RS/6000 workstation, I wouldn't try to run Eclipse on it.