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Java has only single dominant JVM, but in several flavours. It is doing fine.
by throw3849 5y ago
Java has only single dominant JVM, but in several flavours. It is doing fine.
- cies 5y agoJVM has many competing implementations[1]. Also it is not used by clueless end users, but by tech workers. They will protest is JVM gets "phone home" "features" and other bloatware privacy-killing crap. End users of browsers do not have this insight into their tools. Yes, Oracle's JVM is dominant (but not on Android, which is a huge installed base). So is Chrome in browser land. Still good that Java has many, and FF exists. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Java_virtual_machines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Java_virtual_machines
- wayneftw 5y agoSame with the Linux kernel and it's got a larger codebase than Chromium.
- beej71 5y agoI hear this argument, and it makes sense... But a lot of us still pucker up if you mention the word "IE6" and we never want to risk going down that path again. :) There's a balance between diversity and monopoly that can be struck.