Date: Sun, 4 Jan 1998 11:12:08 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Java Apps? Message-ID: <199801041812.LAA19119@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <199801041023.CAA11922@rah.star-gate.com> References: <199801041023.CAA11922@rah.star-gate.com>
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> Curious, are people using FreeBSD to develop Java apps ? I just 'ported' OrbixWeb3.0 to FreeBSD yesterday, and my company uses Java/CORBA for our primary line of business. My results convinced my boss to upgrade his older FreeBSD 2.1 box to 2.2 so he could do Java development on it, so I'm in the process of upgrading it. IMHO, the *biggest* problem with the current JDK is using LessTif. I have *nothing* but problems all over the place when I use the lessTif version, but if I replace the LessTif shared library with the Motif shared library most of those things work again. Unfortunately, other things break with linkage errors. What I'd like to see if the diffs so I can roll my own release with Motif, and then possibly figure out a way to release it publically, since the bug are easy to run into with any significant applications. > >From my brief exposure to jdk1.1.5 , Swing, Beans, etc.., it seems > that there is enough critical infra-structure to create useful apps > also there are plenty of lessons there in OO methodology -- I am very pro-Java, and this is after using it consistanly for 13 months solid. The last 9 months has been full-time Java programming, and while I dislike the 'Java of the day' problems that plague our software and the inability of 3rd party vendors to keep up, I do like the direction they are headed. > So is Java the technology which will launch application development > in FreeBSD?? I doubt it. But, Java could be the technology that allows applications to actually run under FreeBSD, irregardless of whether or not they were developed there or not. Plus, it allows FreeBSD folks to develop applications for Win32/Solaris/NC's and the like while still leveraging all of the knowledge and familiarity with unix/FreeBSD development. Nate
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