Re: Questions for the Java Open Source "Debate" at JavaOne

2004-06-28 Thread jordan muscott
On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 15:20:11 -0500 Glenn Holmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't think anybody consciously wants to break compatibility, > but I think it would simply be too tempting to add Just One Cool > Feature(tm). That's the way Open Source works: when a programmer > feels an itch, he co

Re: Questions for the Java Open Source "Debate" at JavaOne

2004-06-28 Thread jordan muscott
On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 15:20:11 -0500 Glenn Holmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't think anybody consciously wants to break compatibility, > but I think it would simply be too tempting to add Just One Cool > Feature(tm). That's the way Open Source works: when a programmer > feels an itch, he co

Re: [ANN] The Java Republic - Chronicle of The Free Java Now Campaign Goes Live

2003-08-14 Thread jordan muscott
On 2003-08-09 02:22:58 +0100 Gerald Bauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, I've started the Java Republic - a news blog dedicated to core open soure Java building blocks such as runtimes, test suites, compilers, core libraries, scripting languages and so on. [snip] Any comments? - Gerald

Re: java and linux fonts

2002-08-09 Thread jordan muscott
i don't know if this exactly helps - but i have had the same sort of error messages from time to time. They don't seem fatal ( on my box ) ,and IIRC i tracked them down to using a java plugin for mozilla from one JDK, whilst having my PATH set up to use a different JDK elsewhere. Seems a bit wei

Re: java1.4

2002-06-13 Thread jordan muscott
the 'laziness' you are experiencing is probably not due to any speed differences between 1.3 and 1.4, i would guess that it is due the there not being a hotspot or JIT avaiable for Java on LinuxPPC. Unfortunately, I do not thing 1.4 for linuxPPC will have a hotspot or JIT either. There was recen

Re: File jni_md.h

2002-04-01 Thread jordan muscott
Does replacing your /jre/lib/font.properties file with this one : http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/font.properties help at all? regards, jordan. On Mon, 01 Apr 2002 11:27:27 -0700 "Drew Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >OK, I think I got this fixed by changing a path in the Makefile. > >However,

Re: JIT or Hotspot?

2002-03-05 Thread jordan muscott
On Mon, 04 Mar 2002 20:34:44 -0700 "Drew Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From what I understand there is no JIT or Hotspot in Blackdown, correct? > >What's the status of this exactly? Can we expect to see one soon? > >I haven't had much problem with Blackdown, but it is a bit too slow >witho

Re: JIT or Hotspot?

2002-03-05 Thread jordan muscott
On Mon, 04 Mar 2002 20:34:44 -0700 "Drew Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From what I understand there is no JIT or Hotspot in Blackdown, correct? > >What's the status of this exactly? Can we expect to see one soon? > >I haven't had much problem with Blackdown, but it is a bit too slow >witho

Re: missing font

2002-02-07 Thread jordan muscott
do you get a whole list of these errors? if so the solution could be to replace the font.properties file in ~jdk/jre/lib/ with the one at http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/font.properties hope this helps ...jordan. Stuart Wier wrote: >Running a Java app on my Linux system gives this message: > >F

Re: Sun bug 4498974

2002-01-01 Thread jordan muscott
On Tuesday 01 January 2002 20:29, Nathan Meyers wrote: >VolatileImage is a client-side technology, and Sun is trying to regain >the client-side foothold it lost by "winning" its lawsuit against >Microsoft. In the battle for the desktop, winning Windows developers >with faster graphics is way m

Re: Sun bug 4498974

2002-01-01 Thread jordan muscott
On Tuesday 01 January 2002 20:29, Nathan Meyers wrote: >VolatileImage is a client-side technology, and Sun is trying to regain >the client-side foothold it lost by "winning" its lawsuit against >Microsoft. In the battle for the desktop, winning Windows developers >with faster graphics is way m

Sun bug 4498974

2002-01-01 Thread jordan muscott
I've just noticed bug 4498974 on the Sun website. Im totally shocked about this. It was my understanding (please correct me if i am wrong), that the promised increase in performance with Swing was based around the use of VolatileImage. Personally, i am interested in using Java for game develop