On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 10:12:31PM +0100, Tobias Weisserth wrote:
> And regarding the language: Java runs on millions if not billions
> of devices.
It does not run on arm/OpenBSD. It does not run on powerpc/OpenBSD.
It does not run on vax/OpenBSD. Heck, it even behaves differently
in on i386/Linux, i386/Windows, sparc/Solaris and pSeries/Linux,
and to this platform diversity the vendor diversity (Sun vs. IBM)
yet adds more subtile differences, especially if it comes to threads
or GC behaviour.
Believe it or not: Java is *not* platform independent, at least not
in so-called "enterprise" environments.
BTW: Windows runs on millions if not billions of desktop PCs, so
it must be better than OpenBSD. And: there are many so-called
open-source operating systems around that happily accept BLOBs, let
single persons write drivers based on documentation they'd to sign
NDAs, so those systems are probably better than OpenBSD. They just
*must* be superior to OpenBSD. But wait! They've serious problems
with their wireless drivers, isn't that funny?
Sorry, but for that "millions if not billions" argument, my honest
response is: "people, eat more shit -- millions of flies can't be
wrong."
Ciao,
Kili, making a life with Java since about 1998.
