On 17.07-13:21, Marco Peereboom wrote:

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> On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 06:07:05PM +0000, n0g0013 wrote:

> > On 17.07-10:13, Marco Peereboom wrote:

> > [ ... ]

> > > I am saying that each java app requires its own java runtime because the

> > > previous/next version is incompatible.  Nothing new here.

> >

> > this is wrong.  java versions are largely compatible and most requirements

> > are library problems, not runtime compatibility (although i believe

> > distribution rights to core components would often restrict packaging

> > for forward compatibility).

>

> I love your optimism.  Integration efforts I worked on for a large

> company always required to drop 1 run time environment per app.  I

> promise we tried really really hard to make that one.  This meant that

> when a loaded box went out the door there were as many as 8 java

> runtimes installed on your box.

>

> Spare me the "but my app is totally 1337 and doesn't need that"; it

> simply doesn't apply to many scenarios.

you are the first person in a long time to accuse me of optimism, i

suppose i should thank you for that, but the statement was made from

experience.  whatever your personal experiences i still maintain that

your orginal statement was wrong, or at the very least, an extremely

harsh assessment.
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