[rescue] Sun memo regarding Java

[Dave McGuire]

On Tuesday, February 11, 2003, at 05:30 PM, Steve Sandau wrote:
>>   YES, DUH!  It's a virtual machine.  It will never be, it CAN never 
>> be, as fast as native code!
>
> Yes, I realize that portability may very well be inversely 
> proportional to speed. My principal complaint is really with Oracle 
> choosing to provide a GUI-only install for its database, and then 
> writing the thing to be so slow...
>
> To be fair, I may be placing more blame than is appropriate on java, 
> but at least if you're going to force the use of a GUI for your 
> product, make it a good one, please...

   Agreed.  The last Oracle system I installed was version 7 under 
SunOS4, which had a purely textual install...and even *it* took long 
enough to be painfully boring.  I can only imagine what it's like with 
a poorly-written GUI.  I'd probably be suicidal.

        -Dave

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