Speaking from ignorance, I'm not enthusiastic about a java requirement
but can be convinced otherwise.
(1) Can we realy distribute it now (since it is not yet GPL'd)?
(2) is it really fast? I have found that java is annoyingly slow.
In fact, I usually block java (for security reasons, among others)
on my browsers.
(3) Is it really cross-platform? From Debian to FreeBSD to Mac OSX
to windows?

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William Stein wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 18:50:15 -0800, Robert Bradshaw  
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> I've been looking into the java3d api stuff. ( https:// 
>> java3d.dev.java.net/ )It has about every feature you can imagine and is  
>> very fast (especially if you have OpenGL on your machine). There is only  
>> one problem--it is an optional package. In fact, most people who have  
>> java won't even have it installed. I think requiring users to install it  
>> is not only a hassle but also one benefit of the notebook is that we  
>> make no assumptions other than a relatively modern browser. Is this too  
>> much of an obstacle?
>>     
>
> I don't know.  I'd like to get feedback from more people.  Already  
> requiring
> JAVA is an obstacle, but it's a reasonable one.   What does sage-devel  
> think?
> William
>
> >
>
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