[jsword-devel] Open Source Java
DM Smith
dmsmith555 at yahoo.com
Sat Mar 29 15:56:39 MST 2008
Because of our reliance on Sun's Java for BibleDesktop and JSword, our
software has never been truly free. Every few months I try the "free"
contenders with disappointment. The problem has always been with the
contenders not implementing Java's HTML rendering as we relied upon
it. As Richard Stallman calls it, we fell into the "Java Trap" and
couldn't get out.
But today is a good day for rejoicing. I just used java-1.7.0-icedtea
on Fedora 8 with no problems!
The practical implications of this is that we will some day be able to
ship a light, embedded version of Java that only contains what
BibleDesktop needs. For platforms such as the OLPC (One Laptop Per
Child) that I noted in an earlier post we can have a reasonably
acceptable footprint.
Praise God!!!
In His Service,
DM
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