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sigzero
on July 28, 2011
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Java 7 is now available
And only if Microsoft would improve their x-platform vm. Oh wait...
StrawberryFrog
on July 28, 2011
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they had that, it is called silverlight. People didn't want it all that much.
nitrogen
on July 29, 2011
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Silverlight is still limited to Windows and Mac. Moonlight is from a third party and doesn't count toward Microsoft's community altruism score.
StrawberryFrog
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> Silverlight is still limited to Windows and Mac
And as a direct consequence of Silverlight not being all that popular, that will not change. Sadly.
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