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Re:NYPD is canceling its Palantir contract by criddell on Saturday July 01, 2017 @09:33PM (#14680268)
I think applets gave Java a terrible black eye as a client-side because of how insecure Java in the browser turned out to be.

The market confusion I would blame on Netscape for choosing "Javascript" as the name for their scripting language.

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Re:NYPD is canceling its Palantir contract by StevePerkins on Sunday July 02, 2017 @07:57AM (#14682111)
Applets have nothing to do with Java desktop app development, and I don't think anyone has confused the relationship between Java and JavaScript in over a decade.

I don't believe you really have anything to contribute to this thread, and are just bouncing from one tangential reference to the next to feel insightful.

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Re:NYPD is canceling its Palantir contract by criddell on Sunday July 02, 2017 @02:12PM (#14683628)
First, I'm sorry if I've offended you in some way. Your original answer to my comment was a very good one.

I have to respectfully disagree that nobody confuses Java and Javascript these days. There's an active thread on Quora about this very topic.

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