[TriLUG] Re: Open Source GIS software

Jeff Groves jgroves at krenim.org
Wed Oct 19 19:11:07 EDT 2005


Randy Barlow wrote:

> Tanner Lovelace wrote:
>
>> Does anyone else see the absurdity in this "line"? It's written in
>>
>> Java for pete's sake!!!  They should just put it on the web and be
>> done with it.  What's the use of using a cross platform language
>> and then restricting it to one platform?
>>
> Funny thing too, because as I understand it, and from my experience 
> with it, Java will cost you a performance hit for this benefit.  If 
> you don't plan on using it on multiple platforms, don't write it in 
> Java!  :)
>
> Randy

I won't saying, but I hear everyone else saying it too...


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