From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 3 11:03:48 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: java@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEE3516A41F; Fri, 3 Aug 2007 11:03:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tomasv@megalogika.lt) Received: from megalogika.stp.lt (megalogika.stp.lt [193.219.52.197]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BE3B13C45B; Fri, 3 Aug 2007 11:03:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tomasv@megalogika.lt) Received: from pilvas.lan (pilvas.lan [192.169.1.86]) by megalogika.stp.lt (Postfix) with ESMTP id 221841CC6B; Fri, 3 Aug 2007 13:45:49 +0300 (EEST) Received: by pilvas.lan (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 6ECC8448A; Fri, 3 Aug 2007 13:45:52 +0300 (EEST) Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 13:45:52 +0300 From: Tomas Verbaitis To: Ernst de Haan Message-ID: <20070803104552.GC1186@megalogika.lt> References: <9F90521E-76CF-4C93-84E1-B1083F76C2A5@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="4jXrM3lyYWu4nBt5" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <9F90521E-76CF-4C93-84E1-B1083F76C2A5@FreeBSD.org> X-URL: http://blog.hardcore.lt/ve/ X-PGP-Key: http://hardcore.lt/ve/pubkey.txt X-PGP-Key-Fingerprint: E8FB 7C13 99D9 ABDE 0494 B9F6 4D9C F010 881D 3A26 X-nic-hdl: TV13-LT User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.15 (2007-04-06) Cc: java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why do you run/prefer Java on FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-java@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: tomasv@megalogika.lt List-Id: Porting Java to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2007 11:03:48 -0000 --4jXrM3lyYWu4nBt5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Aug 02, 2007 at 11:03:02AM +0200, Ernst de Haan wrote: > - why do you run Java on FreeBSD (instead of Solaris or Linux)? our company is FreeBSD shop mostly, serverside it's all we use. > - do you consider Java on FreeBSD fast? browser applets are slowish, standalone apps work ok, serverside -- faster than satisfactory > - do you consider it stable/reliable? on production servers Tomcat / ProgramD combo achieved half a year uptime, without being touched much. on development machines, especially current they tend to crash within 3-4 days, but that's because too much mangling.. afterall, i consider Java on FreeBSD reliable enough to run mission critical systems on it. > - do you consider it secure? our applications were not compromised because of JVM insecurity, as far as i know. > - which version of Java are you running? production: java version "1.5.0" Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build diablo-1.5.0-b01) Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build diablo-1.5.0_07-b01, mixed mode) development: java version "1.5.0_12-p6" Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_12-p6-tomasv_= 01_aug_2007_18_20) Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_12-p6-tomasv_01_aug_2007_18_20, mix= ed mode) > - was the installation of Java easy or a pain? (or somewhere in between?) i'd say in between, as manual downloads of source files and patchsets slightly interrupt usual FreeBSD ports' installation flow. otherwise, it's pretty much glitch free. > - how important is Java 1.6 for you? not important business wise for at least a year more, very important as a way to follow current trends and developments --=20 Tomas "Verbaitis" Verbaitis ** http://megalogika.lt --4jXrM3lyYWu4nBt5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGswdgTZzwEIgdOiYRAjPmAJ9qI35XHavFjA/lKPQamKCutCxFRgCeKbMd P8wwYxo/9Qx+c4248dJM7Oc= =0U7u -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --4jXrM3lyYWu4nBt5--