[geeks] Personal Finance Software

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Lionel Peterson wrote:
>>> I guess they achieve this multi-platform compatibility by using some alien 
>>> technology caled, uhm, Java - anyone know anything about that? Last I 
> heard, 
>>> it was hard to actually *print* from inside Java, but that was some time 
>>> ago...
>> I've been known to write printing code in Java at work.  8-)
> 
> When I read about Java in a Wall Street technical magazine, they were 
> speaking with a sr. VP-type suit about how they were using Java, and he said 
> it was great, but they were having challenges with printing from within Java 
> JVM - he further said they would pay real money ot get it fixed. He said he 
> was "dead serious".
> 
> That was about 7 years ago, IIRC... ;^)

I never had problems printing from inside the JVM.  The only trouble I 
ever had was printing from applets.  Even signed ones with the print 
permission turned on.

A lot of that stuff got ironed out pretty effectively some time ago, though.

Peace...  Sridhar