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the noble thing.....

Thu, 20 Feb 2003 11:21:33 -0500

is that what javasoft was supposed to be? I don't know the history- but javasoft is a operating unit under sun- so it obviously isn't independent.

the noble thing.....

Thu, 20 Feb 2003 09:31:19 -0500

They could call it JavaSoft ;-)

the noble thing.....

Thu, 20 Feb 2003 09:07:42 -0500

I think that Sun should do the noble thing- spin off java and the management of it into its own organization, independent from Sun-give java to the people. I'm quite certain that there would be no problem in finding sponsors for such an organization. ...

worries for .NET

Wed, 19 Feb 2003 08:43:05 -0500

Touching - I really appreciate your concern.

Regards
Rolf Tollerud

More hype but watch out for commoditisation

Wed, 19 Feb 2003 07:29:20 -0500

I remember back in the mid 90's when Microsofts MFC was the hot skill and I was told many times by fellow software engineers that the whole software business would switch to using Visual C++ and MFC.....I ignored this advice, stuck with UNIX, C++, learnt...

About Java

Wed, 19 Feb 2003 04:08:45 -0500

From big companies to all the universities, millions of people are using Java. How can it fall? It is just impossible! Even C# try to simulate Java and even MS try to add a VM to their platform. So the comment about Java is ridiculous....

Speculation: Sun, Dell, and Apple merger

Wed, 19 Feb 2003 03:57:01 -0500

the only merit of windows is that it looks cool. if you don't count this, then... try redhat 8.0
windows is NOT a good operating system. it is inferior.

Speculation: Sun, Dell, and Apple merger

Tue, 18 Feb 2003 18:38:49 -0500

I'm using JDK 1.4.1 on both Linux and Solaris.

Speculation: Sun, Dell, and Apple merger

Tue, 18 Feb 2003 15:40:08 -0500

The problems I've had with nedit and jedit also exist when I run Gnome on Redhat 7.3. These problems do not exist on Solaris 8/SPARC so it definitely is a Linux issue, probably an issue with Redhat's distro....

Opinion: Is the Sun Rising or Falling?

Tue, 18 Feb 2003 14:46:26 -0500

You get what you pay for. I have been using linux as my primary operating system for over a year and I have installed it on almost every computer I can get my hands on. While Linux on x86 is very stable and suits my needs perfectly (i.e. configurable...

"Millions of .NET users"

Tue, 18 Feb 2003 14:09:17 -0500

didn't you hear?...

Speculation: Sun, Dell, and Apple merger

Tue, 18 Feb 2003 13:25:17 -0500

I didn't mean this to be a thread on KDE, but it has shown some of the underlying problems that a Dell/Sun/Apple merger could solve....

Scott McNealy's Crux of the matter

Tue, 18 Feb 2003 12:55:52 -0500

Actually, it could be very interesting if Sun acquired a company like RedHat ... they could theoretically buy back into everything they've failed on for the past couple of years....

Scott McNealy's Crux of the matter

Tue, 18 Feb 2003 12:06:27 -0500

Chad hit the nail on the head....

Speculation: Sun, Dell, and Apple merger

Tue, 18 Feb 2003 11:45:23 -0500

Apple has a PDF on File System Journaling in Mac OS X Server 10.2.2. See the link on this page:

http://www.apple.com/server/macosx/