Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:50:26 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Kurt Buff <kurt.buff@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Status of Java in FreeBSD? (OpenSolaris is dead) Message-ID: <20100813205026.GA29150@slackbox.erewhon.net> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=mJ8zW28NJ5ALMh72nJwArMLFRHvDt36JE3%2BXP@mail.gmail.com> References: <4C6587F8.7040102@antonioshome.net> <20100813185708.GA26455@slackbox.erewhon.net> <AANLkTi=mJ8zW28NJ5ALMh72nJwArMLFRHvDt36JE3%2BXP@mail.gmail.com>
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--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 <rsmith@xs4all.nl> 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--
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