-----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. * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html * * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *