From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 13 20:50:34 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFD131065670 for ; Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:50:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr7.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr7.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A8388FC14 for ; Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:50:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from slackbox.erewhon.net (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr7.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o7DKoQ8M002785; Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:50:31 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.erewhon.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id A0CA3BA9E; Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:50:26 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:50:26 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: Kurt Buff Message-ID: <20100813205026.GA29150@slackbox.erewhon.net> References: <4C6587F8.7040102@antonioshome.net> <20100813185708.GA26455@slackbox.erewhon.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="EVF5PPMfhYS0aIcm" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Status of Java in FreeBSD? (OpenSolaris is dead) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:50:34 -0000 --EVF5PPMfhYS0aIcm Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 12:58:01PM -0700, Kurt Buff wrote: > On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 11:57, Roland Smith wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 07:59:20PM +0200, Antonio Vieiro wrote: > >> Hi all, > >> > >> Now that OpenSolaris is dead [1] I was wondering what the status of Ja= va > >> is in FreeBSD. > >> [1] http://sstallion.blogspot.com/2010/08/opensolaris-is-dead.html > > > > IMO the "status" of Java is "best to avoid it". Just ask Google. :-) >=20 > So, what do you suggest for SSL VPN clients? Some/most/all of the > clients for these things are Java-based - well, except for clients > running Windows and for which there is (usually) an ActiveX control > (shudder.) If I read [2] correctly, isn't SSL VPN supposed to be clientless and work through the browser? [2]: http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/VPN-Options.html > That's just the most interesting one to me, but OOo also relies on > Java for some functionality (thought that's somewhat a Sun/Oracle > effort too, and one wonders about its fate also) and there are other > applications for which Java is a critical component. According to [3], some OpenOffice functionality depends on Java, but it can= be built without it. I hacked the OOO (2.x IIRC) port to that effect once, but= I deleted it since I didn't use it much. Personally I prefer Emacs, LaTeX and assorted scripting languages. :-) [3]: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Java_and_OpenOffice.org Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --EVF5PPMfhYS0aIcm Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkxlsBIACgkQEnfvsMMhpyUregCdEoIsNeHrtlpUEtklLOBiBg6m LkYAn26uewkPn0PHLdAo0o2yEzbBmW08 =vY7P -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --EVF5PPMfhYS0aIcm--