[Sigia-l] Java installation stats?

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Matthew Milan:

> It turned out to be a significant problem for us
> during development and deployment.

I don't know why Java was deemed indispensible/desirable for this specific
application. Perhaps there are excellent reasons for doing so, perhaps not.

Java client deployment for general-use apps, as well as performance and user
experience, still remain problematic.

One of the issues, as you found out, is, if the desired OS and/or JVM is not
properly installed, doing it on the fly is a significant (even
insurmountable) barrier.

There's, however, another client-side technology that can work tightly
coupled with Java backend, but with far greater penetration and the best
record for on-the-fly upgrades, because of its small footprint: Flash.

Except for handling large datasets, deeply-nested XML parsing and
large-scale object (in-memory) management, Flash can handle client-side
interactions better than Java and, needless to say, with better UX.

So I'd recommend checking out Flash-Java coupling.

Ziya
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