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Re: (ASCEND) Re: MAX Java Configurator confounder
On Tue, 17 Jun 1997 19:48:53 +0000, James Fischer wrote:
> Ben Duncan said:
>
>>For once I will agree with "That Guy from Livingston" ;)
>>
>>A cross-platform Java program CAN be written.
>
> Ummm, excuse me for butting in, but is not "cross platform"
> the whole idea behind, and only advantage to, the entire
> concept of Java?
>
> Have I missed something somewhere?
>
>>We run a Solaris x86 Based ISP. We have the new SunWeb Server JAVA based
>>software. The configurator is written entirely in JAVA and can be run from
>>-ANY- browser capable system (Winslut 95, Window N(ice)T(ry), and even, yes,
>>Mahackintoshies ;).
>
> I can't imagine why Ascend thinks that any tool for any
> serious shop would be anything BUT Unix-based. While I
> can see the obvious advantages of supporting Windoze
> and other desktop OSes for a tool that deals with a
> Pipeline 130 or lower, I cannot imagine that any
> significant percentage of Max owners are using other
> than Unix-based servers.
Well some us serious people also use other OS's apart from Unix-base
I personally use OS/2 which has satisfied my needs very nicely
thankyou. The best saving grace for Ascend products I have found is
the telnet interface. without it I would be looking elsewhere.
Java is not always java, but I would like to see someone come up with
a radius server written is java which could run nicely on any
platform...... (sorry just had to get that in somewhere....)
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