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In a msg of , Bill Brown writes to Lynn Nash:
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Bill,
 LN>> Java is not bad but the implimentation abuse is already a
 LN>> real problem.
 BB> In this case, it's a question of letting "someone else" decide
 BB> what programs you are going to run on your machine.
Exactly!
 BB>   It's not Java in particular, but rather the fact that the applets
 BB> can be invoked just by stopping by a place.
Exactly/2!  As I said, I have no problem with Java itself, but with its' 
allowing folks to write applets that can do all sorts of damage on my system 
without my knowing it.
 BB> If { BASIC | COBOL | ForTran | etc. } apps could be run on your
 BB> machine without your advance knowledge, you'd have the same gripe I
 BB> suspect.
You can bet the farm on it, and I do program in all three, as well as 
assembler, myself.  I haven't tackled Java yet, but I may.
 BB> I'm not trying to sound like a Java evangelist here, but rather
 BB> trying to refocus the issue to your last sentence quoted. :)
Point well taken, sorry if I seemed to imply otherwise.
-[Steve]-
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