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  1. Mar 14th, 2001, 06:24 PM #1
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    LOS ANGELES--Sun Microsystems announced Wednesday at Internet World that it is shipping its Java Web Start software, which allows users to launch Java applications without worrying whether the Java platform is compatible with a particular Web browser.

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  2. Mar 15th, 2001, 03:25 AM #2
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    woohoo!
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  3. Mar 15th, 2001, 08:37 AM #3
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    I see they have got it down to 5.9 megabytes of download now

    They were beta-ing something like this a couple of years ago which was ~7Mb
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  4. Mar 17th, 2001, 09:56 AM #4
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    Java needs something like this in order to be a serious contender.
    I refuse to tie my hands behind my back and hear somebody say "Bend Over, Boy, Because You Have It Coming To You".
    -- Linus Torvalds
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  6. Mar 19th, 2001, 05:20 AM #5
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    We could do with more stuff like this, and then strip basic browser capabilities down. This might relieve M$ stranglehold on the browser market (see the Hate Netscape thread in the internet forums)
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