At 02:15 AM 10/10/95 -0400, Ray wrote:
There is a large class of Java apps that need no file i/o capability. 99% of all Java apps on the web right now don't save any persistent state
While file I/O, especially file writes, are certainly a major concern, network capability is also critical - and I would guess that most of the interesting applets aren't just animated Christmas trees and image advertising - they'll be things to help you fill out a form correctly and send it in, or have buttons that say "order me". If they can issue outgoing messages of their own, they can spam, and they can send worms.
But it's still unclear whether those lack "i/o capabilities", given that some postscript printers run operating systems and tcp/ip stacks
Unlike network-equipped PS printers, which are a relatively small fraction of the market, and which usually don't get requests from the outside world sent to them through firewalls, we're talking about something that will be in Netscape, where anybody who clicks a button on anything on the web can download an executable page... It's a bit hard for network printers to find each other in most places; it's much easier for Netscape sessions to do so. #--- # Thanks; Bill # Bill Stewart, Freelance Information Architect, stewarts@ix.netcom.com # Phone +1-510-247-0664 Pager/Voicemail 1-408-787-1281 #---