Date: Wed, 03 Sep 1997 00:39:42 -0700 From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> To: John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu> Cc: Peter Korsten <peter@grendel.IAEhv.nl>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The GUI debate Message-ID: <199709030739.AAA00286@rah.star-gate.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 02 Sep 1997 22:10:36 CDT." <Pine.BSF.3.96.970902220637.6746C-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu>
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Sure my "floppy" holds about 600mb -- fill that up 8) In other words, is nice to have a unified install program however given that we now have bootable CDROMS I don't see why everyone should be subjected to the least common denominator. Amancio >From The Desk Of John Fieber : > On Wed, 3 Sep 1997, Peter Korsten wrote: > > > I think Java would be good starting point. It may not be as fast > > and high-performance as C/C++, but that's really not that important > > for a GUI. > > Once the system is installed, java would be fine, but with > current technology I fear that even a minimal runtime environment > will instantly destroy any hope of retaining that nifty > one-floppy install procedure. Of course, I would be pleased for > someone to prove me wrong--I like programming in Java. :) > > -john >
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