Re: PHP versus ASP.NET WAS: Test Hosting Recommendation

On Thursday 17 February 2005 11:08, Jonathan Hutchins wrote:

Java is a virtual operating system that can be installed on top of other operating systems. As an OS, it's somewhat limited and specialized, but that's what the "Virtual Machine" in java is all about.

Yea. I agree. I've had Java installed on computers since somewhere around 1996 and until this day I've only see four GUI apps written in Java that were usable: JEdit, ldapbrowser, Azureus, and IHMCCmap. Sometimes the lack of a good font rendering engine or the mindless use of 'look and feel' makes me want to scream, though.

Hopefully this alleged open-sourcing of Java will result in some more sanity.