GNU Java vs. Sun Java: What's the difference, what is better?

Derek Broughton news at pointerstop.ca
Thu Dec 28 03:28:53 UTC 2006


Dotan Cohen wrote:

> On 26/12/06, Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> wrote:
>> You need to
>> get out more - talk to a few Windows users and ask them what Java is.  My
>> guess is the most common responses will be either "Coffee" or "an island
>> in Indonesia".
> 
> What answer were you expecting? Isn't that what Java is?
> 
Of course that's correct - but you were telling us that "normal" users know
what programming languages are and would know what Java is with respect to
computers.  Normal users don't and couldn't care less.
-- 
derek





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