Re:Ask HN: Why does the enterprise have such a strong affini...
by mindcrime on Saturday July 26, 2014 @05:44PM
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I think that being able to develop on Windows NT (early 2000s context, right?) and run on something bigger was also a help.
Indeed. The company I was working for from 2000-2004 started down the Java path about 2000 (part of the reason I was hired, I guess) and one of the things people loved about Java early on was how you could program and build your code on a Windows box, then sftp the jar to an AIX box, and run it there unchanged.
"Write once, run anywhere" might not have worked out perfectly, but it was actually pretty good, especially if you were doing server-side stuff and avoided Swing and AWT.
Indeed. The company I was working for from 2000-2004 started down the Java path about 2000 (part of the reason I was hired, I guess) and one of the things people loved about Java early on was how you could program and build your code on a Windows box, then sftp the jar to an AIX box, and run it there unchanged.
"Write once, run anywhere" might not have worked out perfectly, but it was actually pretty good, especially if you were doing server-side stuff and avoided Swing and AWT.