Common Java Misconceptions
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Or are they? You tell me...

  • Java is an extension of HTML
  • Java is only used for making 'spiffy' Web pages
  • All Java programs run inside a Web page
  • Java is related to JavaScript
  • Java is C++ 'done right'
  • Java is just a toy language
  • Java is too slow because it's interpreted
  • With Java, I can replace my computer with a $500 'Internet Appliance'
  • Sun (and its supporters) will use Java to overcome the 'Wintel' hegemony
  • Microsoft will take over Java and use it to defeat the anti-Microsoft contingent
  • Java and JavaBeans will become the replacement for ActiveX/OLE/DCOM
  • ActiveX/OLE/DCOM will beat Java/JavaBeans
  • Java will become the answer to every programmer's prayer
  • Scott McNealy (Sun Microsystems CEO) will become the new Bill Gates.
  • Sun Microsystems will become the new Microsoft.
  • Larry Ellison (Oracle CEO) will become the new Bill Gates
  • Oracle will become the new Microsoft

 

This page was last modified on 02 October, 2007