Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 4th Feb 2004 05:34 UTC
According to statistics, Java continues to have the crown of the most used VM-based platform in the industry. However, Microsoft's C# and .NET gain ground every day. While C# might or might not overcome Java in the following years, the fact remains that more and more programmers want the choice of C# among their developer tools. So, where does this situation leave Apple?
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At desktop side the Java is totally unuseable. Big, slow, every java application start a new virtual machine, and the swing is a stupid joke: very slow and look ugly.
I don't see any chance to java in the future...
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We're talking about Macs here. If you've used Java on OS X, you'll know that these are non-issues. Java is alive and kicking, especially on OS X desktops.
Mono on the other hand, does compile on OS X. But the last time I checked, the JIT didn't work so you were stuck with the interpreter. And people were complaining that Java was slow....