Date: Sun, 04 Jan 1998 11:45:15 -0800 From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Java Apps? Message-ID: <199801041945.LAA13311@rah.star-gate.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 04 Jan 1998 11:12:08 MST." <199801041812.LAA19119@mt.sri.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 Thats a temporary problem and as you well stated as soon as the diffs come out we will be to get over it . > > 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. Curious, why do you think people don't like developing applications for FreeBSD? Cheers, Amancio
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