-----Original Message-----
From: Glenn Paden 
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 11:55 AM
To: 'Mark Wonsil'
Subject: RE: [HP3000-L] Is JAVA used as a business language?

Very cool, indeed! 

The distinction between web application and core in-house applications
becoming irrelevant.

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Wonsil [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 10:30 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Is JAVA used as a business language?

>             I've always viewed JAVA as more of a WEB access/creation
> language, but I could be way off base.  Is JAVA used in business for
> core in-house applications, too, and if yes, is it used frequently?

Oh my, yes. One of the most popular IDE programs, Eclipse, is a Java
program.

I have written Java programs for database access across multiple platforms.
Type 4 JDCB drivers require no licensing on the machine that you're on, so I
was able to access SQL Server and Oracle at the same time - without using
ODBC
- very cool.

Mark W.

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