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by HWR_14 1744 days ago
> back in the 1990's we faced a similar thing, where web "apps" were ugly and slow

And when's the last time you loaded an app with the Java VM on the desktop, unless it was Eclipse and you were about to use it to write more Java?
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genewitch 1744 days ago
Minecraft. q.e.d.
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HWR_14 1743 days ago
That's true. I forgot Minecraft. I now have two examples (Eclipse, Minecraft). Although Minecraft moved away from Java to native clients for consoles, mobile and even a Windows native version.
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