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On Thu, 18 Apr 2002 18:35:28 +0000 (UTC), "Kent Paul Dolan"
<xanthian@well.com> wrote:


>Java is by design OS
>independent, contributing to breaking the stranglehold of MS-Windows on
>the market of "things needed to run applications". 

Java is _by_design_ a marketing product in search of a real problem to
solve.

I've recently discovered a very nice portable graphics library, FOX.

The goal of it's designer is: "Write Once, Compile Anywhere" ... 

For those who want to take a look go to http://fox-toolkit.org . Just
download the calculator demo. You will be impressed.