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How Do You Take Your Java?

Java's breadth of support and relative ease of development have made it the language of choice for many businesses. The Web applications of tomorrow, such as XML data streams and complex high-volume transactions, require robust server-based solutions. CMP Network Computing

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The Once and Future Development Standard

Over the past few months, I've grown to appreciate the elegance of both Java's architecture and implementation--an appreciation born from my experiences with both Java and Visual Basic.Corporate development managers face a development-tool choice every four years or so. At this point in the cycle, the most likely candidates are Java and VB. Looking back at previous cycles, we saw business developers switch their technology from COBOL, for example, to Clipper to PowerBuilder to VB. Each tool offered value given the technical and business challenges at the time. But at the end of the process only the tool had changed; the programmers remained stagnant, with the same old approaches simply translated into a new language. CMP Network Computing

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