__/ [ Aquila Deus ] on Saturday 30 September 2006 16:18 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> Windows Vista: Aero Glass and Java Don't Mix
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>> | Sun Microsystems would do well to give a ring to one of the interop
>> | contacts at Microsoft that came out of the firms' historic make-nice
>> | agreement back in 2004, and figure out how to make Java apps
>> | first-class Vista citizens.
>> `----
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>>
http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,1995,2022483,00.asp?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
>>
>> Java performance is said to be poor in Windows, which makes one wonder if
>> it's intended to encourage the use of .Net.
>
> Java apps have no market on desktop. And windows is not suitable to
> host high-end java business apps. It's irrelevant.
>
>> Likewise, OpenGL performance
>> will be significantly degraded in Vista, which may encourage programmers
>> to choose the proprietary DirectX, essentially ruling out
>> cross-platform/ports.
>
> OpenGL has always been slower and nearly all windows games support
> directx. So why should M$ waste time maintaining opengl on their OS?
> (we don't even try to do this for directx on linux!)
(OT) Did you get my E-mail the other day?
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