[The Java Posse] Re: Apple Bias?

2010-05-06 Thread robogeek
On May 6, 4:02 am, Lloyd Meinholz wrote: > These are mean as honest questions, I'm not trying to nit-pick here... > > Why didn't Sun provide a JDK for MacOSX like it (eventually) did for Windows > and Linux? Did Apple take the lead because they thought they would provide > the best LOF for the g

[The Java Posse] Strange Loop call for presentations

2010-05-06 Thread Alex Miller
CALL FOR SPEAKERS Strange Loop Conference St. Louis, Oct. 14-15, 2010 http://strangeloop2010.com The Strange Loop conference is now holding an open call for presentations and workshops. Strange Loop is a developer-run software conference focusing on "what's next" in the world of software developm

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Apple Bias?

2010-05-06 Thread Viktor Klang
Better to put java at the end and rename it all to ScalaPosse On May 7, 2010 1:30 AM, "Kerry Sainsbury" wrote: Which reminds me -- it would be great if the Scalawags section was at the very end, AFTER emails, so I don't have to fast-forward through all those "arrrgh"s. On Fri, May 7, 2010 at

[The Java Posse] Re: Is JavaFX going anywhere?

2010-05-06 Thread MassH
On May 5, 7:02 pm, Steven Herod wrote: > Don't run it as an applet, use the web start to get it going. > > Does it have a future?  Sure, if we MAKE it have a future. > > BTW Has anybody got some links to real HTML5 applications? On Windows, JavaFX 1.3 actually works really well (both the browser

RE: [The Java Posse] Which J2EE app server uses the least amount of resources?

2010-05-06 Thread ifnu
I use Glassfish for long time now, no complaint at all. It reaaly has great integration with netbeans. Incremental Deployment or deploy on save works quite well, but it doesnt suit me since i press ctrl + s soo often :D. Developing Java EE application using netbeans and glassfish is a happy ex

RE: [The Java Posse] Which J2EE app server uses the least amount of resources?

2010-05-06 Thread Todd Costella
We've been having pretty good results with the openEJB project from Apache. Todd -Original Message- From: javaposse@googlegroups.com on behalf of David Sent: Thu 5/6/2010 3:50 PM To: The Java Posse Subject: [The Java Posse] Which J2EE app server uses the least amount of resources? I

[The Java Posse] Re: Which J2EE app server uses the least amount of resources?

2010-05-06 Thread carl
Do you need an app server or just a web server? For an app server, Glassfish is probably the leanest. For just a web server, Jetty is pretty small, although there are even smaller ones like Winstone. On May 6, 2:50 pm, David wrote: > I currently support a j2ee application which most of our cus

[The Java Posse] Which J2EE app server uses the least amount of resources?

2010-05-06 Thread David
I currently support a j2ee application which most of our customers run on Weblogic or Websphere. For development purposes (on my laptop) this app runs ok on OC4J. However, our next major release will be on will be jdk 1.6, so I will need to find another alternative as an app server to run on my l

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Apple Bias?

2010-05-06 Thread Kerry Sainsbury
Which reminds me -- it would be great if the Scalawags section was at the very end, AFTER emails, so I don't have to fast-forward through all those "arrrgh"s. On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Steven Herod wrote: > On May 6, 2:31 pm, "phil.swen...@gmail.com" > wrote: > > seems to me that's up to

[The Java Posse] Re: Apple Bias?

2010-05-06 Thread Steven Herod
On May 6, 2:31 pm, "phil.swen...@gmail.com" wrote: > seems to me that's up to the guys who run the java posse.  and you > might note all the apple related discussion on here as well as pretty > much the whole tech-scene throughout the internet.   most tech- > enthusiasts find it interesting. Of c

[The Java Posse] Re: Is JavaFX going anywhere?

2010-05-06 Thread rhythmchicago
> #2 already and declining, it seems. > > Remember the TIOBE > indexhttp://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html > from last month. #2 by .007% the last time I checked, which has to be well within the uncertainty of such a poll. Java isn't going anywhere anytime soon. -- You

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Steve Jobs on Flash

2010-05-06 Thread Moandji Ezana
And now it's being removed from OSX: fakesteve.net/2010/04/we-are-removing-flash-support-from-os-x.html Moandji On 6 May 2010 15:15, "Casper Bang" wrote: That goes both ways though. Even worked on high-input corporate intranet sites where there needs to be keyboard access to everything? It's ju

[The Java Posse] Re: Steve Jobs on Flash

2010-05-06 Thread Casper Bang
That goes both ways though. Even worked on high-input corporate intranet sites where there needs to be keyboard access to everything? It's just down right impossible across browsers and with frames involved. At least with a Flash app, you can run entirely in your own container context and ignore th

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Apple Bias?

2010-05-06 Thread Lloyd Meinholz
I guess I'm letting my unpleasant past experiences with the Blackdown port on Linux and the FreeBSD ports cloud my judgement. If OpenJDK is as good as the Sun provided JDK's on other platforms, then that is definitely good news and I'm glad to hear that. What do you think the future of Java on Mac

[The Java Posse] Re: Steve Jobs on Flash

2010-05-06 Thread Eddie
Another point is, flash feels like a hack in HTML, when you focus on a game and all your youtube, then all your shortcut key to your browser is gone. There is always this frustrated moment when I hit Ctrl-T for a new tab with no effect and realize I am focused in a flash app. On May 3, 2:00 am, R

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Apple Bias?

2010-05-06 Thread Lloyd Meinholz
These are mean as honest questions, I'm not trying to nit-pick here... Why didn't Sun provide a JDK for MacOSX like it (eventually) did for Windows and Linux? Did Apple take the lead because they thought they would provide the best LOF for the graphical parts, because Sun didn't have the extra res

[The Java Posse] Re: Is JavaFX going anywhere?

2010-05-06 Thread Casper Bang
> The sky isn't falling down. Nope, but ashes are! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegro