[Cialug] Java

[Ken MacLeod]

On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 9:25 AM, Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 8:55 AM, Jeff Chapin <chapinjeff at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I used to not be a fan of java, but I am starting to come around a bit
>> more. The biggest three reasons I am starting to be a fan?
>
>>
>> I first started using all three of these programs in the last year or
>> so, and my opinion of java has done a huge turn-around in that time.
>
> 4. Startup time for Java used to be noticeably slow but it has gotten faster
> while startup time for many native apps has gotten slower, so Java doesn't
> stick out so much. Therefore the cross-platform benefit of Java doesn't have
> the dog-slow performance problem counterbalancing it like it used to. IMHO.

5. jpackage.org.  Now installing Java software is almost sane.

  -- Ken