they use 20-year old technology, they are probably produced on the same lines as 20 years ago, nobody probably cares that much about them being reliable or usable at all. As the article mentions it, most people buy them just because they're used to them. It's like to buy a pc without a keyboard - most people don't use it anyway, too;)
When IBM JDK was in early stages of development (there was versino 1.1.6 pre-alpha which you might have seen and then 1.1.8 alpha), there was an open forum on http://alphaworks.ibm.com dedicated to Linux JDK. IBM people were helpful, they reacted to feedback and they actually fixed many bugs submitted there. Now JDK 1.1.8 is pretty stable, it's a release and it has been moved from alphaworks. Hardly you can expect any bugfix releases.
Remember how it all happened? IBM did not tell they have their own JDK in development until they showed the working version! So don't be so impatient, chances are, they work on Java 2 now and we'll see it soon!
I care. I can't provide with benchmarks, so here's my own subjective opinion that has formed during long working for TogetherSoft as the only Java developer on the Linux platform there. When IBM first released JDK 1.1.6 it was a relief! Compared to the latest version of Blackdown that existed that time, it was 1.1.7v1a, it demonstrated breakthrough performance, but the stability was so-so. But after release of IBM JDK 1.1.8 it's our recommended Java platform. The performance is about the same as MSVM regarding data handling and a little slower in GUI areas. It means that it is VERY fast. The only problem with IBM VM is their JIT that is build with correct code in mind. So if you use a scrambled application and the scrambler was not at its best mangling the bytecode, chances are that you get signal 11. About Sun JDK1.2 that they ripped from Blackdown. They (Sun/Inprise) acted not very nicely with Blackdown, but whatever has happened - we now have a fast and stable Java 2 VM on Linux. The Blackdown's version was out of questions - it could run some tests and Swing demos but it never worked for complex applications - I have tried it with a variety of them. It is hard to compare the performance of Java 2 vs IBM JDK 1.1.8, but they seem like equal to me and both are good. My impressions are formed on using and writing Together/J a massive and complex Java modelling tool - if there's something wrong with the VM and app is complex enough you notice it soon. Both IBM 1.1.8 and Sun JDK 1.2 (I only worked with rc1 so far) proved stability and high performance. Blackdown's versions are totally of no use since we have them, sorry.
I feel like I'm not totally alone in the field sitting with libc5. Anyone's free to feel like changing libraries everyday is funny, I don't think so;)
If they distribute it as binary only, they should provide with versions compiled agains variety of existing libraries, or make static binaries as netscape does.
The reason why most of the sites don't follow standards isn't the narrow standards that don't allow to do you something. You can extend a little above "plains" with them. The true reason perhaps is lazyness of webmasters, abuse of tools created by micr*soft and unawareness of the standards on the side of the creators of html authoring tools. We all know, that they in mircosoft "think it's always ok to improve a standard". Ah, and of course a bunch of lame books on html based perhaps on helpfiles from FrontPage is a definite source of heresy on the web.
Considering plains, my homepage isn't at all that plain and if it isn't fancy enough, it's not because of the standards is strict. And you can validate it on http://validator.w3.org
If everyone dislikes the fact, why do you say every girl? I particularly don't care about those who really want to become an american slut, dirtier there, it is cleaner here. Just don't use the word "every".
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Kippo is a lot of fun indeed.
Just out of spite, what would be the free/opensource alternative?
they use 20-year old technology, they are probably produced on the same lines as 20 years ago, nobody probably cares that much about them being reliable or usable at all. As the article mentions it, most people buy them just because they're used to them. It's like to buy a pc without a keyboard - most people don't use it anyway, too ;)
http://sun.sensi.org/~svo/pr0nscope
have fun!
When IBM JDK was in early stages of development (there was versino 1.1.6 pre-alpha which you might have seen and then 1.1.8 alpha), there was an open forum on http://alphaworks.ibm.com dedicated to Linux JDK. IBM people were helpful, they reacted to feedback and they actually fixed many bugs submitted there. Now JDK 1.1.8 is pretty stable, it's a release and it has been moved from alphaworks. Hardly you can expect any bugfix releases.
Remember how it all happened? IBM did not tell they have their own JDK in development until they showed the working version! So don't be so impatient, chances are, they work on Java 2 now and we'll see it soon!
I care. I can't provide with benchmarks, so here's my own subjective opinion that has formed during long working for TogetherSoft as the only Java developer on the Linux platform there. When IBM first released JDK 1.1.6 it was a relief! Compared to the latest version of Blackdown that existed that time, it was 1.1.7v1a, it demonstrated breakthrough performance, but the stability was so-so. But after release of IBM JDK 1.1.8 it's our recommended Java platform. The performance is about the same as MSVM regarding data handling and a little slower in GUI areas. It means that it is VERY fast. The only problem with IBM VM is their JIT that is build with correct code in mind. So if you use a scrambled application and the scrambler was not at its best mangling the bytecode, chances are that you get signal 11.
About Sun JDK1.2 that they ripped from Blackdown. They (Sun/Inprise) acted not very nicely with Blackdown, but whatever has happened - we now have a fast and stable Java 2 VM on Linux. The Blackdown's version was out of questions - it could run some tests and Swing demos but it never worked for complex applications - I have tried it with a variety of them. It is hard to compare the performance of Java 2 vs IBM JDK 1.1.8, but they seem like equal to me and both are good.
My impressions are formed on using and writing Together/J a massive and complex Java modelling tool - if there's something wrong with the VM and app is complex enough you notice it soon. Both IBM 1.1.8 and Sun JDK 1.2 (I only worked with rc1 so far) proved stability and high performance. Blackdown's versions are totally of no use since we have them, sorry.
I totally agree. Blender has the sort of the GUI you have to get used and get a feel of it, but then it dances under your hands!
I did not quite understood, is there a difference in libc5 and glibc2 licenses, or is there going to be any?
http://www.google.com/search?q= more+evil+than+satan and see the first hit?
If they distribute it as binary only, they should provide with versions compiled agains variety of existing libraries, or make static binaries as netscape does.
Considering plains, my homepage isn't at all that plain and if it isn't fancy enough, it's not because of the standards is strict. And you can validate it on http://validator.w3.org
LOL, you've made my day
If everyone dislikes the fact, why do you say every girl? I particularly don't care about those who really want to become an american slut, dirtier there, it is cleaner here. Just don't use the word "every".