Is there something we can do about Java?

[Ben Klein]

On 10 March 2010 12:19, James McKenzie <jjmckenzie51 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Juan Lang wrote:
>>>> How is this different from dotnet20/mfc42/etc.?
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> It is not.  Thus we should NOT include Java in the package.  We should
> have a Wiki article just like these do on how to install and run.
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>> Frankly, applications that assume Java is installed are just broken.
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> They are broken and not smart enough to figure out that Java does not
> exist and popup the correct error.
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> BTW, where I work, Java applications are given priority over c/C++
> ones.  Why?  Write once, run anywhere and this has to apply as we may
> move from Windows(something) to RHEL to Solaris.
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> James McKenzie
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I won't tell you about the Java (esp swing) apps I've seen that hit
NPE on *nix but work fine on Windows ...

Of course, it turned out to be a case of fine, vintage Doin' It
Wrong(TM). The one I recall from my Uni days of Java was a
networking/socket assumption that shouldn't have been made.