On 17.07-13:21, Marco Peereboom wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 06:07:05PM +0000, n0g0013 wrote:
> > On 17.07-10:13, Marco Peereboom wrote:
> > [ ... ]
> > > I am saying that each java app requires its own java runtime because the
> > > previous/next version is incompatible. Nothing new here.
> >
> > this is wrong. java versions are largely compatible and most requirements
> > are library problems, not runtime compatibility (although i believe
> > distribution rights to core components would often restrict packaging
> > for forward compatibility).
>
> I love your optimism. Integration efforts I worked on for a large
> company always required to drop 1 run time environment per app. I
> promise we tried really really hard to make that one. This meant that
> when a loaded box went out the door there were as many as 8 java
> runtimes installed on your box.
>
> Spare me the "but my app is totally 1337 and doesn't need that"; it
> simply doesn't apply to many scenarios.
you are the first person in a long time to accuse me of optimism, i
suppose i should thank you for that, but the statement was made from
experience. whatever your personal experiences i still maintain that
your orginal statement was wrong, or at the very least, an extremely
harsh assessment.
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