[ale] Oracle on Suse 8.2

[Greg]

I think that what Java has that the others don't is that it is more
appealing to developers and those who are responsible for applications
(bosses of developers).  An IDE (actually several), ability to run
everywhere, a support network, an ability to fit many roles - single running
application, client/browser applets, server(light) beans, and server(heavy)
J2EE beans, and object based coding are some of the things that come to
mind.  Yes, I know that the others have many of the same attirbutes, but
only Java has them all.  While generally a resource hog, Java can be done to
run fast, but it requires some effort on the part of the programmers to do
so.

Like anything else, it depends on the programmer to make it great or screw
it up.  And like anything else, it is not a
1-stop-does-everything-answer-to-all-of-your-problems technology.  It is
just another tool in the IT toolbox.  Nothing more.  Not evil or good, just
a technology.

Greg

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org]On Behalf Of James
> P. Kinney III
> Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 9:05 AM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] Oracle on Suse 8.2
>
>
> On Sun, 2003-10-26 at 07:12, Geoffrey wrote:
> > James P. Kinney III wrote:
> > > Make sure you setup the big environment variable mess that
> oracle needs
> > > to function. Oracle installed 2 versions of java, 1.1.8 and 1.3.1. It
> > > seems to use one during the install and the other for run
> time stuff. My
> > > Compiere install uses jdk-1.4.1 (required version) so I have
> 3 versions
> > > of java stuff loaded.
> >
> > Damn, that's way too much caffeine...
>
> And each app has to have it's very own dedicated supply line (export
> JAVA_HOME=/path/to/java1). Way too much caffeine is right!
>
> I am still not impressed with java as a form of anything other than
> system resource hog with graphics.
>
> Python, wxpython, gtkpython (runs on any platform, not proprietary),
> perl, perl/tk, gtk-perl (ditto on the platform). And they run faster,
> easier to setup and maintain, smaller footprint, don't involve Sun...
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