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Java For BeOS

Posted by timothy on from the not-dead-yet dept.

Daniel Mark writes: BeUnited (beunited.com) today made it public that Java 1.4 will be released for the BeOS." It's an interesting interview for more than the Java angle, though.OpenOffice, ssh2 ... BeOS fans will have toys for a while yet.

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  1. Re:As long as they also port over the JIT compiler by zaqattack911 · · Score: 2, Informative

    don't gimme the old "java is slow" anyways BS.

    I have done extensive testing, and it's not true all the time.

    I have written things in java that are about as fast as a C++ counterpart.

    It's java Swing that I have a problem with.

  2. Re:what is the status of Open BeOS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Download from here: http://www.bebits.com/app/2680
    45 MB for the OS, 17 MB for the developers tools, and 8 more MBs to update the 5.0 OS after installation, to 5.01 and then 5.03.

    Be aware that BeOS was never tested against Pentium4s and AthlonXPs (Be killed the product before these CPUs came out). BeOS wouldn't boot on most P4s, while it will never boot on XPs. There *are* patches and hacks for both these two CPUs, and while they are solving the problem, they are quite involved and if you do not know what you are doing, you won't get it boot properly...

  3. Where to look by eexlebots · · Score: 2, Informative

    Here is where you look for it's status:

    http://open-beos.sourceforge.net/status.php

    They have quite a bit done, considering the task ahead of them. You can even use some of the replacement parts now (if you're brave ;) )

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