Is there an equivalent to Java Webstart in Python?

[Kent Johnson]

Nic Bar wrote:
> The problem with Jython is that I can only live inside the aplet
> virtual machine,

Only if you are writing an applet.

> I need a full features application with access to the local computer
> resources.

You can do this with Jython and JWS. Write your app in Jython, deploy 
with JWS, be happy, go home early ;)

I have some notes about it here:
http://personalpages.tds.net/~kent37/Python/JythonWebStart.html

Kent