Architecture Question: RMI/Web Methods for assemblies, libraries ( mono, gtk, et alias )

[jbailo]

I have been working with c#/dotnet and mono and
also the Gtk toolkit ( I have used Qt as well).
I am working on a java project at work too.

My question is: why do we need to have local
assemblies or libraries for link or run?

Can't a single 'framework server' be set up on
the Internet to sent the services of the framework?

Isn't that what RMI and 'web methods' are all about?

So why isn't System.Dll and System.Object a networked
service?

Why isn't Gtk a shared networked library?

Why aren't the java Core classes public and networked?

Why do I have to 'download and install' all these
libraries, which are the same across all these
local hard disks and therefore highly redundant.

Advantage would be that it would always be up to
date, and common across applications. Less installation.
And it would be truly, write once, run anywhere
because you would not need to have java classes,
assemblies or libraries when you build, or run.

[Linønut]

Post by jbailo
My question is: why do we need to have local
assemblies or libraries for link or run?
Can't a single 'framework server' be set up on
the Internet to sent the services of the framework?
Isn't that what RMI and 'web methods' are all about?
So why isn't System.Dll and System.Object a networked
service?
Why isn't Gtk a shared networked library?
Why aren't the java Core classes public and networked?
Why do I have to 'download and install' all these
libraries, which are the same across all these
local hard disks and therefore highly redundant.
Advantage would be that it would always be up to
date, and common across applications. Less installation.
And it would be truly, write once, run anywhere
because you would not need to have java classes,
assemblies or libraries when you build, or run.

What a security nightmare!