Eis a posicao oficial da Sun. Solicito divulgar aos interessados. Pontos a destacar: * o documento e' antigo; * esta' sendo mal interpretado; * Java continua a ser um foco de grandes investimentos nao so' da Sun, como dos principais desenvolvedores de software no mundo; * utilizamos internamente e intensamente varias aplicacoes em Java;
======== Bulletin ======== In late 2001, a few Sun engineers wrote a paper about Java[tm] technology. They wanted to make a point and stimulate change. Now, more than 15 months later, their paper is published on a Web site and is being read within a context that is very different to the context in which they initially wrote the piece. Since late 2001 when the memo was written, Sun has released one major Java release and two maintenance releases, in addition to quarterly updates on the Solaris[tm] Operating Environment (OE). Contrary to what the internal paper implies, Sun continuously maintains and enhances our Java implementations. Sun has incorporated optimizations and bug fixes in the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE[tm]) 1.4.1 release, and we expect to continue optimizing and improving quality in the upcoming J2SE 1.4.2 release. With 3 million developers worldwide, the Java platform is a robust, mature product that Sun relies on to run the company. Sun's IT department is goaled on running Sun on Sun[tm] products, and with Java technology, we've achieved notable success. Virtually everything from internal information portals, room reservations, and capital equipment procurement and management to expense processing, HR information processing, and much more runs on the Java platform. That's a full 99% of Sun's internally developed applications. We "fly our own airplanes" with Java technology. On the issue of Java memory footprint on the Solaris OE, in fact, the actual physical memory used by the same Java applications on Solaris and Microsoft Windows platforms is similar. The Solaris tools reports virtual memory usage that includes pages that on Microsoft Windows are stored in the disk cache. As for performance, Java technology on the Solaris platform holds several world records as measured by industry-standard benchmarks. You can see for yourself how scalable Java software on the Solaris OE is at: http://www.theserverside.com/ecperf/index.jsp?page=results/top_ten_performan ce and http://www.spec.org/osg/jAppServer2001 The platform DOES matter for Java technology, and that is why Sun invests so much effort in ensuring that Java applications run great on the Solaris platform. For more information on why the Solaris Operating Environment is the best operating platform on which to build and deploy Java technology, see: http://wwws.sun.com/software/solaris/ds/ds-j2se/index.html (c) 2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, Java, J2SE, and Solaris are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Information subject to change without notice. ------------------------------ LISTA SOUJAVA ---------------------------- http://www.soujava.org.br - Sociedade de Usuários Java da Sucesu-SP dúvidas mais comuns: http://www.soujava.org.br/faq.htm regras da lista: http://www.soujava.org.br/regras.htm historico: http://www.mail-archive.com/java-list%40soujava.org.br para sair da lista: envie email para [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------------------------
