Java in Ubuntu !!!

Derek Broughton news at pointerstop.ca
Mon Aug 29 14:20:46 UTC 2005


blastus wrote:

> GNU Classpath looks like a good project but I just don't see it being
> practical. Firstly, Sun's runtime is the defacto standard. If you are
> distributing Java applications you'd better make sure they run on Sun's
> runtime because almost everyone expects you to use it. 

Absolutely.  That doesn't mean the various Free Java implementations are
pointless.  _I_ need to use Sun Java for development.  I try not to use
anything too cutting edge, so that there's a reasonable chance that Free
Javas will work.  
-- 
derek





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