Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 5th May 2009 08:41 UTC, submitted by Moulinneuf
A little earlier than expected, Microsoft has already released the Windows 7 release candidate to the general public. The Redmond company had already put the RC up for download on TechNet and MSDN, but from now on, everyone can download it. I've already updated all my Windows machines to the RC, so let's take a quick look at what I found. Note: The Windows XP Mode beta is also set to arrive today, but has not yet been made available. We'll update this item accordingly once it's released. Update: The Windows XP Mode beta is also available. Get it now!
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RE[6]: I'm currently downloading it.
by SReilly on Tue 5th May 2009 11:33
in reply to "RE[5]: I'm currently downloading it."
Member since:2006-12-28
I know what you mean, believe me but one thing you should be aware of is that the whole Java "right once, run everywhere" myth is nothing more than that, a myth.
The sheer amount of times that I have hear people complain about java apps using native system libraries is more often than I'd like, I'll tell ya.
RE[7]: I'm currently downloading it.
by marcelkoopman on Tue 5th May 2009 11:36
in reply to "RE[6]: I'm currently downloading it."
Member since:2007-03-23
I know what you mean, believe me but one thing you should be aware of is that the whole Java "right once, run everywhere" myth is nothing more than that, a myth.
The sheer amount of times that I have hear people complain about java apps using native system libraries is more often than I'd like, I'll tell ya.
The sheer amount of times that I have hear people complain about java apps using native system libraries is more often than I'd like, I'll tell ya.
If that is the case, then you are referring to bad development skills. If these developers write applications agains the principle of write once run everywhere, then you are a bad developer. So again this is not a issue of Java but an issue of development and insight in what you are doing.
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2007-03-23
I understand your point of support. However you are I believe referring to application support instead of OS support. You could view it as a lack of development insight to write applications that are tightly coupled to a certain OS. This is why JAVA is so important, write once run everywhere. But this doesnt help you I know. Just my two cents.