Dave Watts wrote: >>I would assume it's similar on Windows... but when do you ever >>run Windows without a GUI huh? > > > It's pretty rare in my experience, but Windows Server 2003 does this, if you > want. You could run previous versions of Windows (NT, 2000) without video > cards, using the "embedded" toolkit. But since most people just buy servers > from Dell, etc, they all come with built-in video, so people don't bother.
Huh, interesting. Even then, I would bet that the GUI libraries are there. > >>Personally, that's one of my pet peevs with Java in general. >>I've always wished that Java would "bake in" something like >>GD (PHP and Perl do >>this) for it's image manipulation - that way, it wouldn't be >>dependent on it's platform OS for it's image manipulation >>functionality. Plus, GD always seems to do a better job as >>far as quality goes. > > > GD is platform-dependent - it's a C library. I suspect this is why Java > doesn't include it. ::gasp:: ::cry:: I honestly didn't know that. My picture of a perfect Java has now come to a tragic end... GD has always been one of the things I've loved about PHP. I've even been known to use CFEXECUTE to run command-line PHP just to use it's GD functionality. -- Warm regards, Jordan Michaels Vivio Technologies http://www.viviotech.net/ Blue Dragon Alliance Member [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:258796 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
