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Columba 1.0 "Holy Moly" Released

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the now-strongbadia-will-have-to-update-again dept.

Frederik Dietz writes to tell us that after three years of hard developement Columba 1.0, codename "Holy Moly!" is ready for general consumption. Columba is an email client written in Java that boasts a 'user-friendly graphical interface with wizards and internationalization support.' Slashdot covered an interview with the Columba team earlier this year.

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  1. Written in Java by Tim+Ward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    email client written in Java

    Ooh, yes, I'm sure I can spare half a gig of RAM just to keep the email client's UI satisfied!!

    Pull the other one. An email client is something you keep loaded all the time, but you still need most of the machine available to do some real work. Nobody without a ludicrous amount of excess hardware can afford to keep a Java application running that they're not actually using continuously, so surely to goodnes an email client is absolutely the first thing you want written in a proper language??

    (Unless of course your Java email client is command line only, in which case not so much of a problem, provided you restart it every hour or so.)

    1. Re:Written in Java by pyite · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      This is the year 2005, not the year 2000. Java isn't so kludgy anymore.

      Yes, it is.

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      "Nature doesn't care how smart you are. You can still be wrong." - Richard Feynman

  2. Parent is a moron by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    You sir are a moron. Tried using Netbeans lately? Think it's slow? Idiot. There's nothing slow about Java, in fact it is very fast. Period. Moron.

  3. Re:Java Jive by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    #1 STOP SHOUTING AT ME
    #2: OK, download an installer per-platform. So it's not JWS. Who cares? Did you read my post, where the point is that Java's "self-installing" benefits are lost in these kinds of apps? Or are you shouting so loud that your eyes don't work? If you're just looking for a contradiction, that's down the hall. This is "arguments". BAM!

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  4. Re:Java Jive by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Moderation -1
        100% Flamebait

    I defend myself from an obnoxious post SHOUTING at me. And point out that their attack indictes they didn't understand the point of my clearly written post. That's not "Flamebait", even if they then flame me. TrollMod pussies can't argue, so they think every argument is a suppressible "Flame". Then they TrollMod, rather than argue.

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  5. OMG ROFL WTF!!1!!1!1one by vr · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Wow, that looks so great. It looks exatly like ... like ... almost every other fucking mail client out there. Why can't people come up with something a little more innovative?

  6. Re:the question I have by gerbilclaw · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    HoMo is a gay email client you insensitive clod!!