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Java To Be Opened For Christmas?
MBCook writes "At the Oracle OpenWorld conference, Sun's CEO Jonathan Schwartz announced on Wednesday morning that Java would be opened within 30-60 days, which would would mean about Christmas Day at the latest. Sun first announced they would do this back in May at JavaOne but didn't give a date. We've seen rumblings before on this topic. Schwartz also commented on the companies Sun Fire servers, Sun's relationship with Oracle, and general trends."
Which would hopefully mean Java that isn't horribly bloated and slow as molasses?
Between Azureus and a few useful web applets, I use Java far more than I'd like, as it's the slowest thing on my PC (3ghz/1GB RAM). Would definitely like to see it slimmed down.
Linux, you magnificent bastard, I read the fucking manual!
Why was this modded Flamebait? It's a perfectly valid question. Java is bloated. It takes 5+ minutes just to load up a Java app on my machine. I'm reminded of something I heard somewhere, "Saying Java is good because it works on all platforms is like saying anal is good because it works on both sexes."
Good morning, did you know there's a whole world of server-side programming out there?
And what does the world of PHP and ASP.net have to do with some crappy browser plugin that sites from 1998 use?
I've had enough abrasive sigs. Kittens are cute and fuzzy.