liberty young said:
> I'm kinda leaning toward Sun's Java. The IDE (netbeans) is good, and the
> install process of both the JSDK and the IDE are very painless. I
> wouldn't want to install Sun's without offering and explaining the
> alternative, but I stick to the 'official' java.
For Debian users installing Blackdown Java is as easy as apt-get install
<package-name>.
> I'm going on a limb, but i'm assuming that all the classes at our
> universities and community colleges are using Sun's. I'd rather show
> people how the Linux OS offers people Choices, not just
> ideology-compatible alternatives. The ability to take the work from a a
> Window's machine and gracefully transition to a Linux station is very
> powerful.
This is faulty logic on two premises.
1. I think the IBM Java Suites are problably more used than Sun's.
2. The universities generally use Borland or Microsoft C/C++ to teach C
and C++.
The point behind number two is that it would be ludicrous to suggest using
something other than gcc as the main compiler shipped with GNU/Linux.
Just because a university uses something doesn't mean it is what should be
shipped on a GNU/Linux system. FWIW: You could lump MSSQL, Oracle and DB2
into that same category of university teaches, but we don't recommend.
The only difference is you seem to accept Java as its Free is in Price
where as other items referenced in number 2 would require monetary
transactions.
> Which is why I love OpenOffice :)
I have to ask, why do you use OpenOffice instead of StarOffice?
-Derek
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