Josh,
1) There is an open source implementation of java
2) The jdbc driver is much better than it was recently we have made lots
of improvements, and it won't affect jpgadmin anyway. I actually think
writing the admin tool in java will make the driver better.
3) Don't see this as a big issue we aren't writing something esoteric
here.
Dave
On Wed, 2002-06-26 at 14:35, Josh Berkus wrote:
>
> Dave,
>
> > What do you see as the drawbacks with java, and how can they be
> > circumvented?
>
> 1. Java is not Open Source. It's an open standard, but not OS.
>
> 2. I understand that there are some serious limitations to the current
> Postgres JDBC drivers. I have not used them, so I'm reporting rumor, here.
>
> 3. There are compatiblity issues between the various JVMs. We'd have to pick
> a particular JVM and stick with it, and get a lot of complaints from users on
> other JVMs. I don't know how serious the issues are.
>
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