Paul Vigay <lists-nospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > In a dim and distant universe <gemini.k331i300qtmxw02ec.ray@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, > Ray Dawson <ray@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> enlightened us thusly: > > > This is what Quentin Paine has done with Accountz - he has written > > them using a Java interface so that the single CD will install the > > program on any computer running Java. > > Yes, but Java is pretty slow in which to run a major application. The > latest Accountz running on an Intel dual core, top-end Apple Mac is > still *much* slower (by an order of magnitude) than Prophet 3 running on > an Iyonix. There must be something wrong with your system then as Accountz, running on a dual core 6750 and Vista is very fast - a lot, lot more than Personal Accounts on my Risc PC. The point about running in Java is that it is portable between OSs capable of running recent Java - which of course excludes RISC OS. Cheers, Ray D To unsubscribe or subscribe goto: //www.freelists.org/list/davidpilling