GNU Java vs. Sun Java: What's the difference, what is better?

[Dotan Cohen]

On 28/12/06, Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> wrote:
> Of course that's correct - but you were telling us that "normal" users know
> what programming languages are and would know what Java is with respect to
> computers.  Normal users don't and couldn't care less.

I stand by my opinion that normal computer users know that Java _is_ a
language. They also know that C is a language. We may vary in our
definition of normal, and you may argue that the majority of computer
users are not in fact normal, but the "normal" users do know that.

Like cars, computers are powerful tools. Like cars, computers require
a bit of knowledge before one can operate it properly. And users
without that knowledge are dangerous, both in operating cars and in
operating computers. The normal user has the minimum basic knowledge
to operate the computer and understand it. That might not be the
majority, however, and that is sad (and dangerous).

Dotan Cohen

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