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From: "ted stockwell" <tstockwell@gr.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.lang.java.softwaretools
Subject: Re: I'll happily buy J++ from Microsoft
Date: 6 Jun 1997 18:48:34 GMT
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> 
> First of all, I saw no evidence of any suspicious mechanisms to "bait
> and switch" J++ users into an MS-only world.  You had to explicitly
> import the com.ms.* packages to do any ActiveX or DirectX or Windows
> API stuff.
> 
> Second of all, it's easy to reassure yourself that you're not being
> duped into a MS conspiracy to turn your app into a Windows-only app.
> Simply, download the JDK for NT from JavaSoft.  It's free and it
> coexists fine with J++...they use different mechanisms for finding
> their respective classes (environment variable vs registry entries).
> Simply javac the code in question to see if it's 100% Pure.
> 
> Am I missing something?
> 
I've been working on a Java app.  
I've been using Cafe, JDK, and J++.
If I compile with JDK javac and run with JDK java and JDK classes then no
problem.
If I compile with Symantec and run with JDK java and JDK classes then no
problem.
If I compile with J++ and run with JDK java and JDK classes then JDK java
generates GPF and dies like a pig.

J++ AWT classes require other MS specific classes that are not present when
running under JDK environment.  If I compile with J++ then I'm locked into
using the Microsoft VM and runtiem environment.  

End of story.



