[clug] Why isn't Java popular on the Linux Desktop? [SEC=PERSONAL]

steve jenkin sjenkin at canb.auug.org.au
Tue Jul 14 22:59:05 MDT 2009


Bob Edwards wrote on 15/7/09 2:48 PM:

> Apparently, Google Wave is written in Java, both client (desktop)
> and server ends. Don't know if that is particularly relevant to
> this discussion, though.

Stating the Bleeding Obvious, the original promise of JAVA was:

"Write once, run anywhere".

That's perfect for something like Google Wave to leverage.
As for the server side too - one language & toolkit/class-library (?) -
good for the coding team.

Seems strange that it wasn't the Google standard, Python, on the server.

Being Google, you'd expect them to have worked out Performance and
Scaling issues. Or not...  It'll put to bed claims that Java is heavy on
server-side resources if they make it work.


> I completely agree with Hugh's synopsis of the situation with
> respect to the different environments/features that each O/S
> brings to the desktop and the challenge for a language like
> Java to seemlessly integrate these features across all platforms.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Bob Edwards.


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