hehe, well if it was just a simple JNI calling sysinfo, I would agree it would have limited lifespan. But considering how slow some people move, it would last atleast 3-4 years, which is still useful in my mind.
given that mladen is working on apr-java, I would say it is more useful and would have a significantly longer lifespan. everything has a life span, but if it is useful, than i feel it's worth while. plus it's my own time, so not like anyone else is going to care if it only lasts for 2-4 years. I much rather have the option of using it with jdk1.4 and across all VM's than simply relying on Sun's jdk5. peter On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 04:46:48 +0000 (UTC), Kevin Offet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Peter Lin <woolfel <at> gmail.com> writes: > > > > > right it is available in JDK5, but not everyone can use jdk5 :( > > > > I know plenty of people who are still using jdk1.3.1 and plenty are > > just moving to jdk1.4.2 now. > > > > many of the features are available in jdk5, but I believe what mladen > > is working on is beyond what jdk5 provides. I've only looked at some > > of the new features in jdk5. I guess i could target jdk5, but it would > > be nice to have a solution that can work with jdk1.4.2. > > > > peter > > > > if it were only a matter of which version of jdk one uses, i'd say that you > were > proposing a solution that would have a limited lifetime. [as an aside - > monitoring features could be a strong motivation for people to upgrade, which > would be a good thing ;-) ] > > but having a solution independent of any one VM (sun/ibm/whoever) or version > is > the best. > > i do have a cold, but that is no excuse for being too fast of fingers and too > slow of brain. > ;-) > > i've been lurking the list for a while now and just itching to find some place > where i might be able to help. so if you find you could use a little help, > please drop me a note. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
