Preach on, brother! Can I get an amen?! I am in TOTAL agreement on this
one.
> Now, what I will criticize them for is their overuse of Java. I
> personally think they'd have a lot less headaches by dumping Java for
> OUI, OEM, and the other tools and porting hardcode from system to system.
> JVM's are big, ugly, and slow. The memory requirement for 8.0.5 is 32M.
> For 8.1.5i it's 128M (256M recommended). The only reason for that
> jump is the Java. Yuck! Java is out of control, and way too hyped. The
> JVM bugs are making cross-platform development slower than if they just
> bit the bullet and ported hardcode.
>
> Kurt.
>
Received on Mon Mar 06 2000 - 11:05:09 CST
