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Re:Java 7 is now available by sigzero on Thursday July 28, 2011 @03:15PM (#2818462)
And only if Microsoft would improve their x-platform vm. Oh wait...
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Re:Java 7 is now available by StrawberryFrog on Thursday July 28, 2011 @05:31PM (#2819021)
they had that, it is called silverlight. People didn't want it all that much.
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Re:Java 7 is now available by nitrogen on Thursday July 28, 2011 @11:25PM (#2820037)
Silverlight is still limited to Windows and Mac. Moonlight is from a third party and doesn't count toward Microsoft's community altruism score.
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Re:Java 7 is now available by StrawberryFrog on Friday July 29, 2011 @04:23AM (#2820729)
> Silverlight is still limited to Windows and Mac

And as a direct consequence of Silverlight not being all that popular, that will not change. Sadly.

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