Re: Java on the BSD Desktop?

On 30/05/07, Vladimir Tsvetkov <npacemo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

When we talk about portability of User Interface applications with rich
interactivity we must also put into disscusion Adobe Flash and Adobe Flex
applications.
Adobe is working on its Apollo platform (huge part of it is open source -
http://www.podtech.net/home/2827/the-architecture-of-flash), which should
bring RIA into the desktop as a front end technology and leave to us the
choice among the diverse flavours of back end technologies.

To my oppinion Java is more suitable for back end solutions. The level of
interractivity of Java GUI apps is around the standard for the most wide
spread applications, but it is still way to far from being competitive to
the richness in human-computer interaction, that we can design and use with
Flash/Flex apps.

I would like to see a native FreeBSD Flash player.

This is the main reason I'm getting into this disscussion.

There is a Flash player for the Macs and for the Linuxes, we need also a
native Flash player.

Best Regards,
Vladimir Tsvetkov,
http://www.gugga.com/

On 30/05/07, n j < nino80@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I guess if everyone here on this list gives his/her two cents to this
> > topic we're having a nice java advocacy flame war. ;-)
>
> The main characteristic of a flame war is to disparage other people's
> arguments while maintaining that your arguments are the best, no?
> That's why I'm not going to try and talk anyone out of their poison
> :-), be it C, Python, Perl or C#/Mono.
>
> Rather, I would like to continue a constructive discussion by speaking
> from a personal experience. I apologize in advance if this is OT even
> though it is FreeBSD-related and this list does see a lot of
> shell/perl/... questions, so I don't see why a Java question should be
> illegitimate.
>
> First off, in my company we had a Java app (simple app, working with
> database and e-mails) written for Windows. And then, there came
> company decision to make Linux the default desktop solution. Java app
> worked like a charm with no changes whatsoever.
>
> Second, I'm running a custom-written Java server app on a FreeBSD
> server for over half a year in production plus many months before that
> in development. It works rock solid on Diablo JDK. Of course, we also
> have a GUI desktop app that connects to this server that works on both
> Windows and Ubuntu.
>
> I completely agree that Sun's licence is a hassle. Fortunately, in a
> year or two, we're going to have an open source Java platform meaning
> there will be no hassle with manual download while installing JRE/JDK.
> Combined with the great API, object-oriented nature of the language,
> free IDE for serious development (Eclipse and specifically Netbeans
> with a very capable Swing GUI visual editor) - this combination
> strikes me as something only Microsoft can compete with.
>
> Another .02,
> --
> Nino
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