> Currently we're using RHEL4 on z and Fedora Core for desktops. We keep > running into a wall with Java and different products using different > versions of Java. Between the GNU Java compiler, IBM's Java for Eclipse > with MQ Series to Sun Java for AJAX. We're swimming in too many version > of Java to manage. > Does the need for multiple Java installations exist with all linux > distributions for zSeries (especially SUSE) ?
It's not unique to zSeries. The same problem exists on just about every platform that employs Java. The majority of the issues are with testing and certification, and that Java isn't really always the same between releases, and particularly on different platforms. Coping with that in the application would require competent and defensive programmers, which cost more. Test and QA people are less expensive, and defining the support configuration to be the one with the Java interpreter that you have at this moment and only have to test once is cheaper still. You get the picture from there. > Has anyone had really good experience with proprietary software on > Linux systems? If so, did the distribution matter any or just the > comfort and experience level of the staff make the process easier? It has a lot more to do with the application vendor than the Linux distributor. Some app vendors get it. Most don't. IBM and Sun are in the second category most of the time (although in fairness to IBM, they are getting better about it). The distribution really didn't matter much at all -- other than if you know one better than the other, you've tripped over all the stupidity up front and can avoid shooting yourself in the foot again. -- db ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
