Talk:Java (software platform): Difference between revisions

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* ''Tools used to develop graphical Java applications are fragmented and none is as popular as Microsoft's Visual Studio suite for developing Windows applications'': I never seen any comment about this on the web, especially to explain why Java is not widely used on the desktop.

: This also appears to be a very strange claim that Microsoft's Visual Studio suite is more widely used for developing Graphical Java applications than [[eclipse]]. I suspect 5 years ago this may have been close to the truth, but I would be amazed if it is true now.

: : [[Netbeans]] for teh win! In all seriousness though, there are plenty of excellent free solutions out there, such as Netbeans and Eclipse. Without fighting over which of the free solutions is better (Netbeans would win that hands down anyway), it is redicilous to assume that (esp. without statistical evidence) a solution that costs tons of money, and is primarily meant for .NET/C++ would be the ideal of preferred development means for Java. My apologies for being anonymous btw :P

* ''There are multiple versions of the JRE, which can introduce compatibility issues for Java applications installed on a system'': this is the same with ANY other language / platform, as C#, Python, Perl, even Flash, and as Java is (for the most part) upward compatible, especially at the binary-level, I think it is not a problem ; also, I never seen this explained as a weakness of Java which could reduce its desktop adoption (except on Wikipedia..).

* The claims seen on the net are Java memory usage, Java mostly don't follow platform GUI guidelines, extra-step to deploy Java-based apps (even if it is the same with a lot of other frameworks), and Java being non-free in the past. [[User:Hervegirod|Hervegirod]] 12:34, 27 May 2007 (UTC)