Nick Lawson wrote:
>
> Paul Mclachlan wrote:
>
> > --- Nick Lawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > I thought Swing was slow on Windows... I appreciate that JDK
> > > 1.2.2
> > > is still beta, but i'm having serious performance problems
> > > with my
> > > apps on linux, where I don't with the other os.
> >
> > No, this is pretty much what I'd expect. Windows has a lot more
> > resources to develop JVM's. It has always been the fastest
> > platform to run Java on.
>
> Well, I hope not ! I've seen various (unsupported) claims for the
> superior
> performance of linux - and as I mentioned I'm new to linux, so
> that's
> what I would like to see. (BTW, this is Suns jdk under Windows,
> not MS).
The claims are valid.
But the reality of Java is that it's an extremely difficult port with
many platform dependencies, and the volunteer effort behind it cannot
match the efforts of large organizations that have thrown lots of money
behind their porting efforts.
Things will improve -- they've already started to improve -- but not as
fast as you'd like. The reality of the Linux revolution is that manning
the barricades gives you the responsibility to help make things better
and forfeits you the right to bitch and moan about them. That ethos has
led to a stunningly good operating system.
Nathan
----------------------------------------------------------------------
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
