And the winner is...Java Web Start

Hi,

  The Java World Online Magazine just annouced the
winners of its 2003 Editors' Choice Awards.

  Suprise. Suprise. Java Web Start wins the "Best Java
Installation Tool" world champion title again.

  To quote the Editors' Choice Awards (ECA) judges:

  "You can download and launch applications, such as a
complete spreadsheet program or an Internet chat
client, without going through complicated installation
procedures," says Blake Connell, group product
marketing manager for Java desktop solutions marketing
at Sun. "Java Web Start includes the security features
of the Java 2 Platform, so the integrity of your data
and files is never compromised. In addition, Java Web
Start enables you to use the latest Java
technology—with any browser."

  "Java Web Start is what Java applets should have
been," comments ECA judge Yuan. "It deploys and
updates fully functional Java applications to the
client side. It could bring life back to client-side
Java development."

  Now that Java Web Start is included with every copy
of the Java Runtime Environment (JRE)—an improvement
added to version 1.2—Yuan's prediction could become a
reality in that more and more desktops will have the
technology already installed. In addition, version 1.2
includes auto installation on Windows. Connell
explains that users can just click through one
security dialog box to download Java Web Start and/or
the JRE.

  "What I love about Web Start is you get installation
without it feeling like an installer," says ECA judge
Steinberg.   

  Full story @
http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-06-2003/jw-0609-eca_p.html

  - Gerald

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