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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The mobile phones java applets at this moment like the old 8-bit style games, like C64, ZX-Spectrum. This applications are very nice but IMHO not too important. The mobile device applications never will in the mainstream until the display and the keyboard of this devices are too small for daily work.
And on the other side M$ works hard on mobile .NET platform (without too big success at this moment).
Java and MacOS: It is true, but IMHO the MacOS and the Mac hardware always will only the small piece of desktop market. The most of desktop applications remain on X86/windows or maybe linux. If I decided to write a business application a first target is the windows, the second is the linux, and the last is the MacOS. It is in the "nice to have" category.
IMHO the biggest problem is not the applications, but when (or if) client side .NET will replace the java applets and the flash all operatitons system witch doesn't support .NET will out of business. The .NET support not only technical problem, it is the key of future. Webmasters who are desgin Internet Explorer-only web pages never will care the MacOS or linux users.