Java Binary Portability
A hallmark of Java is binary portability. This feature is overrated in some cases because native platform exploitation inhibits portability, or a lowest common denominator application results if it does no exploitation. Portability is easier in the J2EE server environment, provided that vendor added-value function isn't exploited or that one vendor is used across platforms. Still, binary portability is often achieved through Java.
Example: Simple Java-Based Chat Server
It is fairly easy to write a simple client-server Java network application whose pieces will mix-and-match across Linux and Windows. See Figure 6-4. Here, a chat room server is running on Linux from a Windows telnet session. The same chat server binary classes ...
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