Random Thoughts on Software Development for the Web
Keynote talk by James Gosling:
- Positive about Java futures
- "This is the year the performance problem disappears." JIT compiler performance is close to C. Betters JVMs available (e.g. HotSpot).
- Java ports to PDAs, phones, smart cards, …
Q. How serious are browser incompatibility problems?
A. Netscape made serious error at one point. There are also bugs in IE. Java Plugin (was Activator) may enable a functioning JVM to be installed (note supports <OBJECT> tag). See http://www.javasoft.com/products/plugin/