Comments on: Kudos To Landon Fuller http://www.symphonious.net/2007/11/06/kudos-to-landon-fuller/ Living in a state of accord. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:07:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Adrian Sutton http://www.symphonious.net/2007/11/06/kudos-to-landon-fuller/#comment-137264 Adrian Sutton Wed, 12 Dec 2007 06:30:49 +0000 https://www.symphonious.net/2007/11/06/kudos-to-landon-fuller/#comment-137264 The OS X port doesn't pass the TCK yet and X11 is not a serious option for OS X Java, nor have they any support for applets which while not required by the TCK is a pretty important part of Java on OS X. In other words, it may be useful for developers but it is not a viable option for mainstream Java 6 on Mac. The OS X port doesn’t pass the TCK yet and X11 is not a serious option for OS X Java, nor have they any support for applets which while not required by the TCK is a pretty important part of Java on OS X. In other words, it may be useful for developers but it is not a viable option for mainstream Java 6 on Mac.

]]> By: K. Burdock http://www.symphonious.net/2007/11/06/kudos-to-landon-fuller/#comment-137262 K. Burdock Wed, 12 Dec 2007 06:19:01 +0000 https://www.symphonious.net/2007/11/06/kudos-to-landon-fuller/#comment-137262 The BSD JDK passes the TCK just fine; FreeBSD has a Java Distribution License from Sun, and distributes TCK-validated binaries: http://www.freebsd.org/java/ As for X11 -- it works fine for Linux, and while it may not be as nice as native graphics on the Mac, it is a complete solution. The BSD JDK passes the TCK just fine; FreeBSD has a Java Distribution License from Sun, and distributes TCK-validated binaries: http://www.freebsd.org/java/

As for X11 — it works fine for Linux, and while it may not be as nice as native graphics on the Mac, it is a complete solution.

]]> By: Adrian Sutton http://www.symphonious.net/2007/11/06/kudos-to-landon-fuller/#comment-136331 Adrian Sutton Thu, 06 Dec 2007 10:19:55 +0000 https://www.symphonious.net/2007/11/06/kudos-to-landon-fuller/#comment-136331 Robert, They still require X11 and are nowhere near passing the JCK - heck they probably haven't even got the test environment set up yet and that's not trivial for the JCK. In other words, they have all the hard work left to do. Robert,
They still require X11 and are nowhere near passing the JCK - heck they probably haven’t even got the test environment set up yet and that’s not trivial for the JCK. In other words, they have all the hard work left to do.

]]> By: Robert Rees http://www.symphonious.net/2007/11/06/kudos-to-landon-fuller/#comment-136327 Robert Rees Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:36:35 +0000 https://www.symphonious.net/2007/11/06/kudos-to-landon-fuller/#comment-136327 The answer to that would probably be yes then... The answer to that would probably be yes then…

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