Re: Java on the BSD Desktop?

2007-06-03 Thread Norberto Meijome
On Wed, 30 May 2007 12:00:53 +0200 "n j" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I completely agree that Sun's licence is a hassle. Fortunately, in a > year or two, we're going to have an open source Java platform meaning > there will be no hassle with manual download while installing JRE/JDK. > Combined wit

Re: Java on the BSD Desktop?

2007-06-01 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 30/05/07, n j <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I guess if everyone here on this list gives his/her two cents to this > topic we're having a nice java advocacy flame war. ;-) The main characteristic of a flame war is to disparage other people's arguments while maintaining that your arguments are t

Re: Java on the BSD Desktop?

2007-05-30 Thread Vladimir Tsvetkov
On 30/05/07, Vladimir Tsvetkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: When we talk about portability of User Interface applications with rich interactivity we must also put into disscusion Adobe Flash and Adobe Flex applications. Adobe is working on its Apollo platform (huge part of it is open source - http

Re: Java on the BSD Desktop?

2007-05-30 Thread n j
I guess if everyone here on this list gives his/her two cents to this topic we're having a nice java advocacy flame war. ;-) The main characteristic of a flame war is to disparage other people's arguments while maintaining that your arguments are the best, no? That's why I'm not going to try and

Re: Java on the BSD Desktop?

2007-05-29 Thread Chad Perrin
On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 12:56:39PM +0200, n j wrote: > >I am wanting to write a gui frontend to pkg_cutleaves. I see that it is > >just a simple perl script so, it would be quite simple to just put a gtk > >frontend on it and call it a day. However, I am starting to write a > >good amount of code

Re: Java on the BSD Desktop?

2007-05-29 Thread Andrea Venturoli
Christian Walther wrote: I guess if everyone here on this list gives his/her two cents to this topic we're having a nice java advocacy flame war. ;-) Well, yes. That's why I didn't answer any more. We are talking opinions and everyone has his own. And we are going OT. So if one wants to

Re: Java on the BSD Desktop?

2007-05-29 Thread Albert Shih
Le 29/05/2007 à 14:04:41+0200, Christian Walther a écrit > On 29/05/07, n j <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I am wanting to write a gui frontend to pkg_cutleaves. I see that it is > > > just a simple perl script so, it would be quite simple to just put a gtk > > > frontend on it and call it a d

Re: Java on the BSD Desktop?

2007-05-29 Thread Thanos Rizoulis
O/H Ghirai έγραψε: I would say Python would be more suitable (smaller, faster), plus it's installed by default on quite a few *nix OS. I would say, use any language you guys want, but I would like the final product to be a console-only app, thank you :) -- RTFM and STFW before anything bad

Re: Java on the BSD Desktop?

2007-05-29 Thread Zbigniew Szalbot
Hello, > I've never seen a complex java application that was usable on > different platforms. This includes stuff from IBM, EMC, Sun, BMC and > other big players. I know because I ask all the time. Me and my > collegues are using Suns "Sunray" thin clients for daily work... Not only have I seen s

Re: Java on the BSD Desktop?

2007-05-29 Thread Ghirai
Hello n, Tuesday, May 29, 2007, 1:56:39 PM, you wrote: >> I am wanting to write a gui frontend to pkg_cutleaves. I see that it is >> just a simple perl script so, it would be quite simple to just put a gtk >> frontend on it and call it a day. However, I am starting to write a >> good amount of

Re: Java on the BSD Desktop?

2007-05-29 Thread Christian Walther
On 29/05/07, n j <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am wanting to write a gui frontend to pkg_cutleaves. I see that it is > just a simple perl script so, it would be quite simple to just put a gtk > frontend on it and call it a day. However, I am starting to write a > good amount of code in java an

Re: Java on the BSD Desktop?

2007-05-29 Thread n j
I am wanting to write a gui frontend to pkg_cutleaves. I see that it is just a simple perl script so, it would be quite simple to just put a gtk frontend on it and call it a day. However, I am starting to write a good amount of code in java and was wondering what others think about java as the d

Re: Java on the BSD Desktop?

2007-05-29 Thread Andrea Venturoli
Tom Grove wrote: I am wanting to write a gui frontend to pkg_cutleaves. I see that it is just a simple perl script so, it would be quite simple to just put a gtk frontend on it and call it a day. However, I am starting to write a good amount of code in java and was wondering what others think

Java on the BSD Desktop?

2007-05-28 Thread Tom Grove
I am wanting to write a gui frontend to pkg_cutleaves. I see that it is just a simple perl script so, it would be quite simple to just put a gtk frontend on it and call it a day. However, I am starting to write a good amount of code in java and was wondering what others think about java as th