On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 09:47:31AM -0400, Daniel Barowy wrote:

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> On Wed, 16 Jul 2008, Marco Peereboom wrote:

>> Somehow the word Java comes to mind...

>>

>> Tell me again how that one runtime meme worked for them again.

>

> Are you saying that Java is not being used widely?  All of the fundamental

> courses in my CS department are taught using Java, and I don't think my

> department is an exception.  Seems like a home run to me-- I'm sure that

> Sun considers Java a great success.

I am saying that each java app requires its own java runtime because the

previous/next version is incompatible.  Nothing new here.
>

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>> Flash is only good for a few things such as "naked ladies performing

>> anatomic tricks", "dude getting punched in the ding-dong" & "Trogodor

>> the burninator".  Nothing makes me happier than visiting a website and

>> having some ad puking its irrelevant content on me.

>

> That's not what the instructor was pushing for-- he's suggesting that

> people build an entire site using Flash.  That's the whole point of Flex. I

> don't think that banking websites fall into the category you mention. His

> argument was this: Flash is available for Windows, Mac, Linux-- that gives

> you pretty much everybody-- and anybody else has marginalized themselves.

Your instructor is making money using flash.  I am sure he had sound

advice.
My bank uses html; the day they change is the day I'll cancel all my

accounts.
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> Now, I strongly disagree with him.  For my employer, Flash is not an

> option-- our applications need to be able to run on anything, even

> cellphones, and they need to be accessible.  The application has to run on

> many different backends as well.  But if you don't have those requirements,

> or have had the experience of being locked in to a single-vendor solution,

> Flash probably looks pretty good to you.

I can't begin to imagine why I would agree or work in such an

environment.
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>> I for one can't wait to be marginalized.

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> I doubt that you really feel that way.

I am glad you are an internet psychologist that knows me well enough to

tell me what is good for me.