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by staunch 6927 days ago
A Java player would suck and a Flash client couldn't do what the Java piece does.
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What can't Flash do?
I explained what I think they're doing in thread above:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30705

Hmm, apparently a missing listen() means they have to bring in an entire second language and VM. I don't get why normal sockets are so anathema to web purveyors.