Is the Java Cup Half Full or Half Empty?(use of Java by IT departments)(Industry Trend or Event) From: Software Magazine | Date: October 1, 1998| Author: Whiting, Rick | COPYRIGHT 1998 Wiesner Publications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Java was expected to make complex software easier to develop and allow it to run on all types of systems when it debuted in 1996. With such high expectations it is no wonder that the technology is now experiencing a backlash, and Microsoft's split from the rest of the Java community is reminiscent of the 'Unix wars' of the late 1980s. Java is being used in IT departments to increase programmer productivity by several times, and it is the language of choice for creating distributed, network-ba...

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