Well Ken, I can tell you we have Java code in production from 1999. Unfortunately, many projects have fallen to the C++(itus) which currently makes Java so complicated that new programmers are learning .NET first now and makes it difficult to move very large codebases forward.
I greatly appreciate the efforts of Andreas and other volunteers, and I have contributed code to other projects myself. You are obviously quick to judge and ASSume motivation to others. Java 1.4 is not ancient...COBOL is ancient but programs written in the 1960's are still running today. Developers of only a few year's experience often fail to look at the longer picture. MC -----Original Message----- From: Ken Bowen [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 1:28 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Compatible PDFBox Version with java version "1.4.2_10" MC, As a developer, I for one am quite grateful to the /VOLUNTEER/ staff which develops PDFBox and other open-source products. Perhaps you can tell us all whether you have contributed $$ or development time to help the project. You can't be much of a developer if you believe it is easy to maintain backward compatibility with ancient programing languages or operating systems. --Ken Bowen On Feb 12, 2012, at 10:38 AM, Mica Cooper wrote: > Srinivas, > > We are using the older PDFBox 0.7.3 1.4 JDK version from Sourceforge > and have no issues for a number of years. Yes, it does not include a > number of newer features, fixes, etc but it is stable for basic use. > > Unfortunately, PDFBox has fallen into the Microsoft-dev thinking trap > of not being backward compatible like so many Java libraries. > > MC > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andreas Lehmkuehler [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 9:29 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Compatible PDFBox Version with java version "1.4.2_10" > > Hi, > > Am 10.02.2012 11:49, schrieb Seema, Srinivas: >> Hi, >> >> I want to use PDFBox ,to convert PDF pages as images. >> Please Suggest the Compatible PDFBox Version for java 1.4.2_10 along >> with download link of that version. > Starting with version 1.0.0 PDFBox relies on Java5. There is a very > old incubation release which is compatible with Java 1.4, but I can't > recommend to use that one. You really should update your java runtime. > >> Thanks& Regards, >> Srinivas >> >> >> Confidential: This electronic message and all contents contain >> information > from Syntel, Inc. which may be privileged, confidential or otherwise > protected from disclosure. The information is intended to be for the > addressee only. If you are not the addressee, any disclosure, copy, > distribution or use of the contents of this message is prohibited. If > you have received this electronic message in error, please notify the > sender immediately and destroy the original message and all copies. >> > > BR > Andreas Lehmkühler > >
