> Not that cross-platform Java can't be done (in fact it can), but it does take deliberate effort to ensure cross-platform support
To be fair, at least for desktop apps, we are down to three platforms now. If it runs on Linux, Mac and Windows, you are about 100% covered. The days of having dozens of vendor-specific Java runtimes around are pretty much over. And as much as I like my IBM RS/6000 workstation, I wouldn't try to run Eclipse on it.
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> Not that cross-platform Java can't be done (in fact it can), but it does take deliberate effort to ensure cross-platform support
To be fair, at least for desktop apps, we are down to three platforms now. If it runs on Linux, Mac and Windows, you are about 100% covered. The days of having dozens of vendor-specific Java runtimes around are pretty much over. And as much as I like my IBM RS/6000 workstation, I wouldn't try to run Eclipse on it.