Because, silly, they want it to run like crap. :) On Wed, 15 Nov 2000, Tim Sandquist wrote: > Don't ya hate it when people write Java that only works on select platforms? > What's the point of using java? > > sorry, had to get my rant in there. > > > On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 01:11:52PM -0600, Mike Hicks wrote: > > <rant> > > Why the hell can't PalmOS get installed/upgraded from Linux? Is it > > really that hard to make a ROM flasher program for our favorite OS? And > > why the heck do I have to download a Windows program to be able to > > download the PalmOS 3.5 I just payed for? Why can't they just give > > netscape a cookie and tell me where to go to download... > > > > Strangely, they note that I'm not running Windows or MacOS, so I > > can't(!) use their Java downloader. Then they tell me to get the > > standalone executable downloader utility.. blargfoo!! > > </rant> > > > > > > -- > > _ _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ __ Program too small for > > / \/ \(_)| ' // ._\ / - \(_)/ ./| ' /(__ Windows. > > \_||_/|_||_|_\\___/ \_-_/|_|\__\|_|_\ __) > > [ Mike Hicks | http://umn.edu/~hick0088/ | mailto:hick0088 at tc.umn.edu ] > > _______________________________________________ > > tclug-list mailing list > > tclug-list at lists.real-time.com > > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at lists.real-time.com > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy Houck thouck at thouck.com www.thouck.com