From owner-freebsd-advocacy Mon Mar 22 14:28:39 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from smtp.iwaynet.net (smtp.iwaynet.net [198.30.29.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A82F1532D for ; Mon, 22 Mar 1999 14:28:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from adkins@iwaynet.net) Received: from think (overkill.Progressive-Systems.Com [209.41.220.250]) by smtp.iwaynet.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id RAA21681 for ; Mon, 22 Mar 1999 17:27:30 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <4.1.19990322170133.00b36100@mailbox.iwaynet.net> X-Sender: (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 17:28:02 -0500 To: advocacy@freebsd.org From: "B. Adkins" Subject: Re: Netscape browser In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.32.19990322141525.00a82b00@localhost> References: <43527.922136741@zippy.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG With all the discussion about emulation strategies etc., I thought I'd put my plug in for one particular emulator that has a pretty decent bang/buck ratio - the Java Virtual Machine. The number of Java applications is increasing and many of the operating systems I've researched have mediocre Java support at best. By providing a kick-butt JDK on FreeBSD, many ISV's may choose FreeBSD because 1) their apps *run as good or better* on it than other OS's - not becase of ease/difficulty in porting and 2) they prefer dealing with FreeBSD over Windows NT etc. For example, my company has recently developed a Veterinary Practice Management software product written entirely in Java. I'll be testing the app on FreeBSD in the next few weeks, and if the testing goes well, I'll be recommending FreeBSD as the server for our customers instead of Windows NT. I'm personally very excited about FreeBSD and if it runs Java well, I'd prefer recommending it as the server for all our current and future products. Even if it doesn't, I'd still keep it as my personal OS because I love it. Brian Adkins To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message