in a word: definately :)
On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 10:46:22 -0500, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Micha Schopman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 4:18 AM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Eclipse, it rocks.. > > > > Most opensource initiatives are build by developers without any usability > > aspects, and I must say.. eclipse isn't one of them. The program runs > > smoothly, it is rock solid stable, has a working treeview, and the memory > > footprint for a Java application is extremily low. I have no other words > > to say, "thumbs up! it is truly an amazing product". If it would cost me > > money, I would have payed for it for sure no doubt about it. > > Well then IBM must have really f'd it up. > > I was going to try Eclipse, but then we were forced to start using "Web > Sphere Developer's Studio 5" (based on Eclipse). It's the most unusable > software I've seen since "Lotus Notes" (and that's saying something). > > Even without the virtual server's running it consumes several meg of memory > (and triples that when the server is running) and is a 1.5 Gig install. > > What a freaking nightmare beast. > > But the bottom line is apparently I'm wrong in judging Eclipse via through > that lens? > > Jim Davis > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Silver Sponsor - New Atlanta http://www.newatlanta.com Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:186824 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54

