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To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD Java Apps? 
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From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.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