hello my world of friends , by profession i'm a train loco pilot & have few hand on experience in vb.net + MySQL

i have chosen java to get rid of platform dependency and a language which can do both desktop + web development.

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THANK YOU
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Hi makemerai,
Are you asking if Java is a good platform to pick for the things you want to do?
I would say 'yes'! Code can run in both Windows-based machines and Linux ones as well. I am a biginner too and I am just starting to scratch the surface with Java. Make sure that you pick a good book and that you have access to either a windows-based machine or a linux one. Good luck

thank you but, the reply on the forum was so delayed http://p2p.wrox.com/images/smilies/shy.gif

java is independent language.You can write once run any where.You can run your programs on any platform which has jvm(jdk install on the particular computer).