Re: Replacing Delphi developers

From: David Reeve (dree4456_at_big-pond.net.au)
Date: 12/09/03

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    "Doug Kanter" <ancientangler@hotmail.com> wrote in message
    news:hD0Bb.3932$Xs3.583@news01.roc.ny...
        [snip]
    > My only experience with java is on the user end, and it was ugly. Real
    ugly.
    > And slow. Real slow. I'd like to see a handful of successful business
    > projects before suggesting that to my son. Not games.
    >
    >
    I'm pretty sure Star Office is coded entirely in Java. In particular, have a
    play with Star Draw and think about the coding that must be involved. It's
    really pretty slick.

    Dave

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