From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 10 15:20:09 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 5484C1065694; Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:20:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ltning@anduin.net) Received: from mail.anduin.net (mail.anduin.net [213.225.74.249]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD9A48FC0A; Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:20:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from 140-17-9.connect.netcom.no ([89.9.17.140] helo=[10.253.159.55]) by mail.anduin.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.72 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1Ou4sz-000Lkf-Cn; Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:47:31 +0200 References: <86occ5k6yo.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> In-Reply-To: <86occ5k6yo.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (iPhone Mail 8B117) Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-Id: X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (8B117) From: =?utf-8?Q?Eirik_=C3=98verby?= Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:47:50 +0200 To: "Randal L. Schwartz" Cc: Mark Sommer , "freebsd-java-request@freebsd.org" , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" , "freebsd-java@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: this is probably a little touchy to ask... 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, 10 Sep 2010 15:20:09 -0000 On 10. sep. 2010, at 16:29, merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) wrote= : >>>>>> "Mark" =3D=3D Mark Sommer writes: >=20 > Mark> That's a pretty idealistic view of the upcoming release of HTML5. > Mark> I have yet to see a release of HTML that is compatible across > Mark> browsers, i.e. adapted universally by all browsers uniformly. > Mark> Java is still a very viable platform, even on the browser. >=20 > Whenever I see Java firing up on my browser, I cringe. (Flash too.) >=20 > There are darn few things either of these do that a good modern > cross-platform library, like jQueryUI, can't do instead. >=20 > Except for video playback, which HTML5 fixes as well. And yes, until > then, we're stuck with Flash. >=20 > We needed Java before we had good JavaScript. Now we have good > JavaScript. >=20 > I repeat... Java had its day. Time to move on. You are forgetting - or conveniently ignoring - that many still NEED Java su= pport in their browsers - and not of their own choice. Banks, insurances, di= gital signature services etc. Still frequently use Java as carrier for their= services. Often this cannot be changed easily as such organizations have lo= ng turn-around times and make investments in the long term.=20 Java is still very much alive, and until html5 can validate and run signed c= ode it'll stay that way even on the client. And that is just one of the reas= ons/scenarios.=20 I'm not using FreeBSD on the desktop for just this kind o reasons. I'm sure i= t would be a great choice in an ideal world but we are unfortunately living i= n a real one. So either one takes the time to implement what people _need_ i= n addition to what you would prefer them to need, or the desktop can as well= be ditched and focus moved to improving FreeBSD for servers, where it alrea= dy excels.=20 /Eirik >=20 > --=20 > Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 009= 5 > > Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. > See http://methodsandmessages.vox.com/ for Smalltalk and Seaside discussio= n > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-java@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-java > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-java-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >=20