Re: [jug-discussion] OT -- SaveXP.com

2008-05-09 Thread Steven Elliott
On 5/9/08 10:53, "Warner Onstine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 6 is available now (and has been for the past few months as a beta). > I really don't understand what the burning desire is to upgrade > immediately. So many libraries don't work with the latest for months > as the developers scramble

Re: [jug-discussion] OT -- SaveXP.com

2008-05-09 Thread Art Gramlich
To me, 6 seems kind of "blah". 7 looks like it will be interesting. Art Gramlich Chief Application Architect HealthTrio, LLC [EMAIL PROTECTED] On May 9, 2008, at 10:53 AM, Warner Onstine wrote: 6 is available now (and has been for the past few months as a beta). I really don't understand wha

Re: [jug-discussion] OT -- SaveXP.com

2008-05-09 Thread Richard Hightower
Mac has Java 6 for about a month now (preview was available for much longer). It took a long time to switch from 1.5 to 1.6 because they had to switch from Carbon to CoCoa. This was a monumental task. The next release should come out a lot quicker (or so I heard on Java Posse podcast which

Re: [jug-discussion] OT -- SaveXP.com

2008-05-09 Thread Warner Onstine
6 is available now (and has been for the past few months as a beta). I really don't understand what the burning desire is to upgrade immediately. So many libraries don't work with the latest for months as the developers scramble to upgrade stuff. And honestly there isn't enough in the new 6

Re: [jug-discussion] OT -- SaveXP.com

2008-05-09 Thread Steven Elliott
On 5/9/08 10:24, "Drew Davidson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Welcome to the side of the angels, Rick. Glad to have you! > > - Drew Yes, unless you need to work in Java. My next purchase will be something to run Unbuntu on so I can update to Java 6 (and 7 this decade...). Steven --

Re: [jug-discussion] OT -- SaveXP.com

2008-05-09 Thread Drew Davidson
Welcome to the side of the angels, Rick. Glad to have you! - Drew On May 9, 2008, at 10:18 AM, Richard Hightower wrote: Vista is the best thing that ever happened to me. It SUCKED so bad that after six months of hell I finally switched to a Mac. I turned my old vista machine into Ubunt

Re: [jug-discussion] OT -- SaveXP.com

2008-05-09 Thread Richard Hightower
Vista is the best thing that ever happened to me. It SUCKED so bad that after six months of hell I finally switched to a Mac. I turned my old vista machine into Ubuntu and it is my backup dev environment. I love my Mac. I can run Windows XP in a VM. All is good. On May 9, 2008, at 9

[jug-discussion] OT -- SaveXP.com

2008-05-09 Thread William H. Mitchell
If you're like me and the word "Vista" makes you break out in a cold sweat, maybe you'll want to take a minute and sign InfoWorld's Save XP Petition: savexp.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional comman