Re: When will Java *really* become open source?


David Kerber wrote:

I saw that article too. I have regained my interest in Java, but I'm not
going to try to use it until I can install Java as a package on my OpenBSD
system. It takes way too long to build the Java system from scratch on my
computer.

The standard Linux distro's don't run on your system?

Well they certainly don't run on _mine_.

I'm not an OS geek. I mainly have Linux (Debian and Ubuntu) and Java
works fine. I also have an OpenBSD box that's a "black box" to me (It's
important, I have a skilled BSD geek who looks after it). In general I
find that OpenBSD is absolutely secure, bullet- and bomb-proof. I'd run
everything on it if I could, if it weren't for the significant (to me)
problem that Java just doesn't want to co-operate with it.

I have no idea why. My BSD geek looks sheepish whenever I raise this.
But in simple practical terms, I can't shift my Java hosting to BSD. If
I could, life would be better.

.

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