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Those of us who write online material including Java applets, and those of you
who need to run those applets are caught in the crossfire of the Java war.
Microsoft tried to take over the Java virtual machine business a few years ago
and failed. Sun Microsystems, the original Java company, won that battle and
Microsoft is giving up, abandoning their Java technology and their support for
Java. All new computers will now be shipped with the Sun Java runtime
environment(JRE). That means that when websites are updated, the authors must
make a choice about whether or not to move up to the modern Java language, not
constrained by the limitations of the Microsoft virtual machine. At M. Casco
we have decided to move on, since the move will be have to be made sooner or
later. Consequently if you have a computer shipped before 2004, you will
probably need to
download a free Java plugin
from Sun and install it on your computer in order to use the applets included on
this website. We apologize for any inconvenience. It seems that this is one of
the prices we have to pay as customers for progress in the technology
marketplace.
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