Re: [Sheflug] Netscape and Java ...

["Alex Hudson" <nospam [at] alexhudson.com>]

> > Yep. And TBH I was less than impressed. It was 6 months ago, but I doubt
> > there has been much change. In fact, I'd best check. :)
>
> Nope. Still stinks. (Question of the day: Has anyone found two JDK
> implementations that are even remotely alike?)

Really? Shame.

And, apart from implementations, has anyone found more than two versions of
the same implementation that work well with Oracle? I know it's all
propreitry software. But, for example, at work I have Oracle 8 on my
machine. It only seems to work with JDK/JRE 1.1.5 release 6 (IIRC). WTF is
that all about?!?

> (Sinks deeper and deeper into Java-cynicism)

It *can* be good, but it seems to be getting worse, doesn't it?!!

> I'll try and get it to work properly, but seen as this requires 20-odd Mb
> of new JDK to download it may take time. HotJava turns it's nose up at
> IBM JDK, I wonder why? And Sun had the temerity to sue MS for "corrupting"
> java. Sheesh, it's like they couldn't do it themselves.

JRE is much smaller, and generally works pretty well. I have to congratulate
the Blackdown guys on the quality of their implementation, it seems pretty
good from my experience, non of the old CLASSPATH nonsense of the old days
;)

Cheers,

Alex.

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