On Wed, 2007-08-22 at 10:28 -0700, W. Wayne Liauh wrote:
> > > I am trying to build a java server on my hp dv9000z
> > notebook running
> > > nv_69 (soon to upgrade to nv-70b when the respin
> > comes out). The
> > > purpose is to practice the examples included in the
> > "Core JavaServer
> > > Faces" book by David Geary and Cay Horstmann.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions? Or where is the good place to
> > find helps for
> > > absolute beginners? I have installed NetBeans
> > 5.5.1 with JDK 5, and
> > > GlassFish. But I immediately ran into my first
> > problem when trying to
> > > run the following command:
> > >
> > > (in the glassfish directory) lib/ant/bin/ant -f
> > setup.xml
> > >
> > > (permission denied)
> >
> > Respin? or do you mean SXDE?
> >
> > Matthew
>
> 1. Are you saying that it's OK to install nv_70 (in light of the all
> the difficulties Dennis mentioned)?
Dennis is just being Dennis; I haven't noticed any of the problems he
has mentioned - and I'm so vanilla in my setup, it isn't funny. If there
was a major issue, it would have been pulled and respun already.
> 2. But the main issue is, this book is well written (indeed it is the
> only book currently available on Java server faces). However, I must
> protest ("vehemently") that it mentions "all" the possible operating
> systems including Windows, MacOS, Linux, and totally oblivious of the
> fact that there is another OS--Solaris on either x86/64 or Sparc--that
> is not only alive and kicking but could be the most ideal platform to
> run a Java server.
>
> Of course this is none of my/our business except for the fact
> that this book is sponsored (and copyrighted) by Sun Microsystems.
Unfortunately many authors seem to live under a major rock. There isn't
much Sun can do about it.
Matthew
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