I agree with this, the verdict is definitely still out on 1.2 for Linux. The
speed and stability of the Sun VM is still questionable as shown by the
Volano tests. Maybe in another 3-4 months 1.2 will be viable but right now I
think it is still important that Turbine support 1.1.
Kimbro Staken
Chief Technology Officer
Infostreet Inc.
----- Original Message -----
From: christopher baus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Turbine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 11:21 PM
Subject: Re: jdk1.1 compatibility requirement.
> This is somewhat off topic, but the whole VM issue on Linux seems to be
> somewhat up in the air right now. This was recently discussed in length
at
> slashdot. The IBM port is only at 1.1.8. Blackdown's support for 1.2.2
is
> still in beta. Bugs in Sun's 1.2.2 port were reported, but seemed to
> primarily effect AWT support. Processors other than x86 also aren't
> supported by the port. I was pretty content with IBM's until a JDBC
driver
> crashed it yesterday. But, overall it seems that 1.1 is still the best
> performing option on the widest range of platforms.
>
> I'd be curious to know what 1.2 features you are interested in using in
> Turbine. Since 1.1 code can run on a VM of either version, it still seems
> like the best option.
>
> BTW, is anyone using a JDBC driver for access to MS SQL 7.0 with village?
> I was hoping to use FreeTDS, but it doesn't seem to support meta data. I
> also attempted to use both BEA and Ashna's drivers. Both of which
returned
> null when asking for the table name from a meta data of a recordset. This
> caused village to throw and a null pointer exception and I'm still trying
to
> determine if it is problem with the driver or with my code. It would be
> nice to know that the driver worked properly.
>
> ~christopher
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John McNally <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Turbine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 9:08 AM
> Subject: jdk1.1 compatibility requirement.
>
>
> > Now that Sun has released a production version of JDK1.2.2 for Linux,
> should
> > we start consideration of dropping jdk1.1 conformance from Turbine's
> > requirements? Or are we still waiting for any other os's?
> >
> > <http://www.javasoft.com/products/jdk/1.2/download-linux.html>
> >
> > John McNally
> >
> >
> >
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