Is Gnome becoming a Microsoft project?

[Mateusz Marzantowicz]

On 04.07.2012 22:43, Fernando Cassia wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 4:29 PM, Mateusz Marzantowicz
> <mmarzantowicz at osdf.com.pl> wrote:
>> I was referring to weight of JRE
>> and browser plugins and it's imperfections. I don't care about language
>> itself. If people like it's syntax it's theirs decision. But please Java
>> lovers answer me why am I having problems running Java applets like
>> internet banking
> I was thinking about DESKTOP APPS, those that run with java -jar appname.jar.
>
> OpenJDK, the gpl version of java, does not include the "browser
> plug-in". That is what you use when you need _applets_ to run.
> And that is handled via "icedtea". that is an open source "browser
> plug-in" component developed by a separate team of devs, and a known
> source of problems.
>
> OpenJDK, the Java VM, imho runs quite well, for _desktop_ apps. I
> rarely notice any difference between OpenJDK 7 and the propietary Java
> VM (JRE) that you download from Java.com on Windows machines.
>
> Also, there is always the option of installing the "freeware"
> Sun/Oracle JRE from Java.com...
>
> FC

OK, to be more topic related: I don't condemn Java nor it's JREs etc. I
only think it's not most optimal choice for GNOME as well as .NET or
Mono. This is similar argumentation that Linus Torvalds presents about
why he is not using C++ instead of C for programming.


Mateusz Marzantowicz