The (dark) future of Java on desktop

[Simon Poole]

In any case, as I read it, the implication is that oracle simply doesn't
want to be involved, not that anything will be going away.

Simon


Am 08.03.2018 um 08:36 schrieb Frederik Ramm:
> Hi,
>
> On 08.03.2018 00:06, Vincent Privat wrote:
>> I'm not sure what it implies for the long-term development of JOSM, but
>> nothing good I fear.
> I wouldn't be too concerned. With all due respect for your coding work,
> I don't think that the actual program code is the essential thing about
> JOSM. It's the functionality and user interface, the decade-long (!)
> evolution that has given us the powerful tool we have today.
>
> You could sit down today and re-implement everything in, say, C++, and
> it would be relatively straightforward, and while the result would not
> share any of JOSM's codebase, it would still encapsulate all the
> experience and brainpower that has flown into JOSM development over the
> years.
>
> I think what is essential about JOSM will live on even if Java should die.
>
> Bye
> Frederik
>


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