Clive Boustred

What's all the fuss about Java? Like coffee addicts, people are running about with Java in their veins, hyped up in this new euphoria known generically as Java'. Unfortunately, many, if not most, don't really know or understand what it is all about, but they are enjoying the high anyway. The great majority seem to have garnered some idea that Java represents the uprising underdog, here to fight the battle against the great evil empire of the all-present Microsoft juggernaut. So what, after all, is this Java phenomena? Having its origins at Sun Microsystems in a language called Oak, Java has come to represent an entire environment. Java technology now covers many domains, from a well structured third generation language (3GL) to an operating system environment and distributed object Middleware infrastructure. The Java Phenomena Java' encompasses a number of fundament... (more)