[JDEV] VB jabber client

[Ulrich B. Staudinger]

Dave Belfer-Shevett wrote:

>On Tue, 12 Aug 2003, Michael Pike wrote:
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>>the problem with the Java Applet is that you would then need the JVM
>>installed.  Microsoft no longer supports Java, and it will be unavailable in
>>the coming months.
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>What?  I'm not sure that's necessarily the case.  Microsoft has been
>actively trying to cripple the Java environment for years, it can be said
>they never supported it.
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>Installing the JVM runtime on a system is trivial, and every machine I
>know of (including Windows XP) allows a very brief "You need the java
>plugin to run this application, click here to get it".
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In fact with a simple javascript you can query the JVM version, if none 
exists, you can automatically initate a download.

Ulrich

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>The JVM plugin for browsers is no more or less involved than running
>Shockwave or Adobe Acrobat or any of the other external plugins.
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