Microsofts Java was non-standard anyhow
Have a look at the specs for visual studio 7, java doesn't fit in anymore, forget it, learn XML, that is the future of the net, and is being integrated throughout vb7. Caren't wait...vb7 is going to ROCK loud.
We have held up our web site till it's release, cause the demo we saw was hot.....
Now counting 1,2,3....10 till the java fanatics start screaming
Noone.....but look at version 7 of vb
On the demos we have seen, creating web-enabled apps and sites is going to be as simple as any other project you might do for the desktop. MS deserve a big thumbs up for that.
A knowledge of XML is only going to help in this, cause you can generate the web project and then hook in your own code, whilest allowing vb to handle all the stuff that java is used for.
Persumably however this will only be ASP compatiable rather than all OSs......anyone know if java runs on BeOs????
The question people have to ask is will unix continue to be the dominate os for the web, or will NT servers super-seed it.
If you think a unix/linux dominated www is the future learn java, if you believe NT will come to dominate, then java is maybe not the best language to learn...
We are still argueing this point. Personally l want a monster Sun box with Unix and pay for the java development we need. But others are arguing NT. Considering it will be a vb software site l guess there is some point to that.