On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 12:58:01PM -0700, Kurt Buff wrote: > On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 11:57, Roland Smith <rsm...@xs4all.nl> wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 07:59:20PM +0200, Antonio Vieiro wrote: > >> Hi all, > >> > >> Now that OpenSolaris is dead [1] I was wondering what the status of Java > >> is in FreeBSD. > >> [1] http://sstallion.blogspot.com/2010/08/opensolaris-is-dead.html > > > > IMO the "status" of Java is "best to avoid it". Just ask Google. :-) > > So, what do you suggest for SSL VPN clients? Some/most/all of the > clients for these things are Java-based - well, except for clients > running Windows and for which there is (usually) an ActiveX control > (shudder.)
If I read [2] correctly, isn't SSL VPN supposed to be clientless and work through the browser? [2]: http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/VPN-Options.html > That's just the most interesting one to me, but OOo also relies on > Java for some functionality (thought that's somewhat a Sun/Oracle > effort too, and one wonders about its fate also) and there are other > applications for which Java is a critical component. According to [3], some OpenOffice functionality depends on Java, but it can be built without it. I hacked the OOO (2.x IIRC) port to that effect once, but I deleted it since I didn't use it much. Personally I prefer Emacs, LaTeX and assorted scripting languages. :-) [3]: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Java_and_OpenOffice.org Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725)
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