[OSM-talk] "The Future of Free and Open-Source Maps" Slashdot.org , Saturday February 17, 2018
Mike N
niceman at att.net
Sat Feb 17 18:15:09 UTC 2018
On 2/17/2018 11:01 AM, James wrote:
> except it wouldnt be multiplatform and only run on windows 🤢🤮. Java is
> a better alternative as it's a popular language and is multiplatform.
> C/c++ is a bit more complicated and not everyone can contribute.
That's no longer true - .Net is open source and generates multiplatform
code and the C# language has an open source reference.
That being said, Java is quite suitable for JOSM, and the security
issues would rarely if ever surface in JOSM. The big question is how
well does JOSM serve as an OSM editor? Quite well by a number of
indicators.
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