At 03:08 PM 10/15/98 +0200, Willi Richert wrote:
>In my opinion you are right. Finally someone who believes in Linux as
>the most powerful platform for developing and executin Java apps!
>However, in my opinion Linux lacks of a real *good* IDE (such as
>JBuilder from Inprise). The KDE-mailing list handled this point some
>time ago. At this point I use XEmacs with JDE1.91 (a Java enhancement
>utility for emacs). This has also an integrated debugger. But it is not
>very comfortable. What are your experiences? (Am I missing some older
>mails handling this point?)
>
Let me chime in here about Inprise (formerly Borland) JBuilder. I attended
their developer conference and was touting Linux at every opportunity. The
official word from Inprise is that they are working on Solaris versions of
their development tools as a result of their new partnership with Sun. At
one of the JBuilder sessions I asked about Linux & was afterward corralled
into a mini-focus group. Inprise is concerned that they would be able to
sell JBuilder for Linux - they think everyone will only accept free (in
dollars) software.
3 months ago the shipping version of JBuilder had 22% Delphi (ie Windows
specific) code in it; the other 78% was pure Java. Note that thats just
for the IDE, JBuilder creates Pure Java apps. Recently I've heard that
they have an inhouse version running on Solaris & Linux.
If you are willing to spend $$ on JBuilder on Linux, write the JBuilder
team and let them know. I'm not in any way associated with Inprise (other
than as a user of Delphi&JBuilder)
Tom Jenkins
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