JavaFX Runs On Raspberry Pi 147
mikejuk writes "Oracle seem to be concerned that the Raspberry Pi manages to run Java properly and they are actively working on the problem. To prove that it more than just works, what better than to get a JavaFX app up and running — what could be more cutting edge? Unfortunately the trick was performed using a commercial version of the JDK with JIT support and some private code, but it is still early days yet. Java and JavaFX on Raspberry Pi takes us into a whole new ball game." Watch the video at the linked report to see it in action.
Misread (Score:5, Insightful)
I think I've been reading too much Oracle/Java hate on slashdot. I misread the first sentence to mean, "Raspberry Pi manages to run Java properly. Oracle seem to be concerned and are working on the problem."
Re:Misread (Score:5, Insightful)
Foot, meet bullet. (Score:5, Insightful)
No to Java : not trustworthy: (Score:3, Insightful)
Oracle's ludicrous claims in the Oracle/Google Android trial have shown that they are not trustworthy. Do not base your work on a base where you can be ransomed. No more Java. :-( And when you read Java stories, wonder to yourself every time whether it's the Oracle PR department astroturfing Java stories in an attempt to make Java appear relevant or to attempt to repair the damage.
Re:Misread (Score:5, Insightful)
Which means the submitter is the writer of the article and this is just a slashvertisement to get some hits on his site.
And Timmothy is a fucking useless editor.
What part of the "editor" job was done by Timmothy here?
Clicking the "post this shit" button?
Re:Foot, meet bullet. (Score:3, Insightful)
Oracle isn't suing Google for *using* Java. They're suing for *forking* Java. I think most people (outside slashdot populists) can see the distinction.
Yeah right... (Score:4, Insightful)
You would have to be a fool to write *anything* new with Java. There is nothing in Java that is worth the risk of Oracle ramming a lawsuit up your posterior as soon as they think you have money they can bleed from you.
Re:Misread (Score:5, Insightful)
I've been reading too much Oracle/Java hate on slashdot.
Nobody really admires Oracle except for corporate CEO types. The rest of us have what equates to the same admiration for a dentist's drill. The licensing model is basically un-consentual sex. Having Oracle gunning for more IP just makes everyone uncomfortable.
Re:Whole New Ballgame (Score:0, Insightful)
And you can list those lawsuits, right? And, no, Google isn't being sued for programming in Java and referencing the API. It's being sued over making an incompatible implementaion that they claim infringes patents and copyright. Yes, you hate Oracle, but bashing them for absurd made up claims makes you look stupid.
I fail to see (Score:2, Insightful)
Why developers who want to control their cpu keep putting someone else between themselves and their hardware. C/C++ and many other higher level languages are functional and productive in the right hands and don't have these copyright/patent/etc issues that Java/Oracle (insert third party here) have. In other words, you can either control the computer or let them tell you what you can do with your computer. Take your pick.
Java community you perplex me to no end.
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Bitter (Score:5, Insightful)
How is this techy news worthy? (Score:5, Insightful)
What they're saying is that a small form factor device that is supposed to run Linux runs software that Linux can run now.
Wow, that's news? I'd say it's a test case. yes there may be hardware differences but those should be minimal and this would be a porting effort.
The topic should be "Raspberry Pi runs software it's supposed to."
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