At 11:21 PM 7/20/95, Douglas Barnes wrote:
I don't get what you mean when you say, "Java isn't ready for the home market." True, I don't think that programming languages of any sort are part of the "home market", but I think that Java will enable people like cypherpunks to write extremely portable applications _once_ that will be embeddable on web pages viewed by browsers like Netscape. I can't think of anything that is going to come closer to your definition of "winning" the home market. Certainly the home
I agree. This is what I meant by saying programmers would use it, to put these capabilities into browsers that home users then get. Maybe this is just semantic quibbling: all I meant is that Java (or Fortran, or Perl, or whatever) will not be things the home user is ready for. --Tim May .......................................................................... Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@sensemedia.net | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero 408-728-0152 | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Corralitos, CA | black markets, collapse of governments. Higher Power: 2^756839 | Public Key: PGP and MailSafe available. "National borders are just speed bumps on the information superhighway."