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Foil 9 Java/HotJava Alpha vs JDK Beta Situation -- HotJava

From CRPC Lectures on Java Language Applets Graphics CRPC Annual Meeting Tutorial -- May 14,1996. by Geoffrey C. Fox


1 Release of Beta/1.0 HotJava expected soon and could be very interesting technically for certainly alpha HotJava was very helpful in building customized Graphical User Interfaces
  • Also raises questions about Netscape's business model and Netscape specific HTML extensions.
  • HotJava allows others who do not like Netscape's GUI or HTML extensions to challenge with a base system (modular browser) that has better architecture than current Netscape
2 Substantial tutorial and report material available on line http://www.javasoft.com

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