Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 12:06:10 -0700 (MST) From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Alex Boisvert <boia01@gel.usherb.ca> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, Ruslan Shevchenko <Ruslan@Shevchenko.kiev.ua>, wghhicks@ix.netcom.com, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Could FreeBSD be a viable platform for large SQL/SAP/etc enterprise applications? Message-ID: <199711101906.MAA10248@rocky.mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.971110140446.27626B-100000@teel.info-noire.com> References: <199711101458.HAA09448@rocky.mt.sri.com> <Pine.BSF.3.95q.971110140446.27626B-100000@teel.info-noire.com>
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Alex Boisvert writes: > > > May be Java is a bad language. (Windows, for example --- bad OS, but I > > > spend most of my time > > > sitting on WindowsNT, becouse Windows have support > > > from commercical vendors, becouse exists rapid development > > > tools, and users sitting on Windows, not becouse it fools, > > > > ???? In any case, almost all of my development is done on Unix, using > > the standard JDK. It's a couple hundred thousands lines of Java, using > > CORBA and it works fine under FreeBSD 'mostly'. There are some bugs in > > the 1.1 K.White port, but otherwise it works well. At least as well or > > better than the 'commercial development tools', which for the most part > > are a crock for x-platform development. > > I agree with you that the JDK 1.1 (kwhite) on FreeBSD is a fine working > tool. I use it for _commercial_ product development and must say that I'm > more productive under FreeBSD than Windows. (Altough we mostly _deploy_ > on Windows :-( Sorry, I guess I wasn't obvious enough. The product I'm speaking above is a commercial product which puts food on the table. My entire livlihood is contained in this Java product, so in effect I'm using FreeBSD & Java to make a living. :) Nate
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