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:Linux Watch: Can Java become an important Linux language?
Linux Watch: Can Java become an important Linux language?
Jan 13, 2007, 02 :00 UTC (23 Talkback[s]) (7480 reads)
(Other stories by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols)

" On one side, we had Sun representatives making faces at the IBM-sponsored Eclipse and saying things like, IBM wants to corrupt Java by forking it. To give their claims bite, they'd point at things like Eclipse needing its non-Java SWT (Standard Widget Toolkit) library to run.

"On the other side, IBM made catty comments about how Eclipse does more, and works far, far faster than NetBeans.

"What was really going on, though, was an old-fashioned business standards fight. IBM and friends were impatient with what they saw as Sun's slow pace and tight control of NetBeans. "

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
Java will never become important on Linu ...   Java on Linux   
James
Jan 13, 2007, 04:11:53  
Linux can get along quite well without j ...   java on Linux   
Don Whitbeck
Jan 13, 2007, 13:39:44  
After I learned Pascal I swore I'd n ...   Good Lord I hope not!   
GreyGeek
Jan 13, 2007, 15:25:30  
GreyGeek,I'm not so sure if it's ...   I don't know about that   
johnny
Jan 13, 2007, 16:30:59  
It's a bit strange, but I haven' ...   Java? Linux? Perhaps I don't underst   
Frank Russo
Jan 13, 2007, 17:21:32  
> Java will never become important on Li ...   Re: Java on Linux   
Clifford Cheng
Jan 13, 2007, 18:21:03  
> A few years ago I had to learn Java f ...   Re: Good Lord I hope not   
JJS
Jan 13, 2007, 18:21:56  
eclipse is a glorified java editor. Ther ...   eclipse does more ?   
vm
Jan 13, 2007, 21:48:14  
By GPLing it, it is now possible for peo ...   maybe Sun did the right thing   
Ken Yap
Jan 14, 2007, 00:43:31  
Java is the modern equivalent of COBOL. ...   Java already is an important language on Linux   
Uno Engborg
Jan 14, 2007, 00:50:12  
In my work space, I do not see anything ...   Java on Linux   
paul
Jan 14, 2007, 06:37:22  
> By GPLing it, it is now possible for p ...   Re: maybe Sun did the right thing   
Clifford Cheng
Jan 14, 2007, 15:31:30  
> I will say one thing however, to all o ...   Re: Java on Linux   
Clifford Cheng
Jan 14, 2007, 16:11:32  
Frankly, if Java had not been a propriet ...   Java . . . Shmava   
Norman Spector
Jan 14, 2007, 20:43:02  
[...]> The factory is one of the 23 desi ...   Re: Re: maybe Sun did the right thing   
Pascal Bleser
Jan 14, 2007, 22:48:13  
> Actually, Factory isn't such a goo ...   Re: Re: Re: maybe Sun did the right thing   
Clifford Cheng
Jan 15, 2007, 01:09:52  
> Despite the many different Java framew ...   Re: Re: Java on Linux   
Rainer Weikusat
Jan 15, 2007, 09:48:39  
BTDTGTTS: http://www.ip-wars.net/story/2 ...   Language wars....   
Terrence W. Zellers
Jan 15, 2007, 22:10:02  
> leads to the classical Java experience ...   Re: Re: Re: Java on Linux   
Clifford Cheng
Jan 16, 2007, 03:04:08  
Plus it's a freakin' RAM hog. I ...   Re: eclipse does more?   
judecn
Jan 16, 2007, 05:19:04  
[...].> I am interested in knowing your ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: Java on Linux   
Rainer Weikusat
Jan 16, 2007, 10:07:17  
> Plus it's a freakin' RAM hog. ...   Re: Re: eclipse does more?   
Clifford Cheng
Jan 16, 2007, 10:59:23  
After reading all of the comments posted ...   users vs developers   
pontke
Jan 16, 2007, 19:05:56  
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