Re: three public domain java icons

Roedy Green wrote:
On Fri, 30 May 2008 18:09:32 -0700, Mark Space
<markspace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone
who said :

see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/icon.html#FREE
It's cool that you do things like this Roedy. THanks.

It is silly little things like this that I hope will sell Java and
give it presence in the public mind. Bill Gates seems to spend 100 to
1 on making Vista look cool rather than behaving solidly.

- We can't blame Bill any more; he's moved on to better things than Microsoft.
- Steve spends anything on making Vista solid?

All kidding aside, is Vista fragile? I know it's annoying, and I've heard no one speak well of it, but I haven't heard that fragility was a problem. Obstreperousness is the usual complaint.

Perhaps "fragile" isn't the correct antonym for "solid". Regardless, the only Vista-equipped machine I own is running Ubuntu and Java-oriented development tools.

Another thing that will help spread the Java gospel is rapid development of useful applications based on Java. Once programmers know that a language and its tools get them to the finish line effectively, they use it. Icons may or may not help that acceptance. If they do, I shudder to think what will happen if the COBOL crowd comes up with an icon.

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Lew
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