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Phillip A. Lindsay wrote:

> I couldn't help notice that the above says JBuilder ships JDK 1.1.3?  Is this
> true?  Something newwith JBuilder C/S?  I sure hope to hear about a new JDK
> update and JB patches,  and support
> for servlets and fully IDE integrated ORB/RMI support with a transparent
> Object to RDBMS mapping
> tool....and of course enterprise bean support which is wired into Rational
> Rose and all for $500. ;->
> Well,  it is near Christmas!

Heh.  I'll pass those comments on.


> > JDK 1.1.4 and 1.1.5 are just bug fixes above what we have.  As a result,
> > integrating a new JDK would take a significant amount of QA effort to
> > ensure that all the Java code we are using still works.  And if problems
> > are found, research into those problems and the creation of a work
> > around just lengthens the cycle.  Repeat until finished.
> >
> > As such, the code you create in JBuilder should run in 1.1.5 already,
> > assuming 1.1.5 has no new bugs in it that break your code.
> >
>
> I know chasing the JDK's isn't an option,  but doesn't Javasoft give you
> early/incremental access to JDK releases?   If as a licensee you get frequent
> incremental point releases you would be in a better position to support many
> of the JDK drops.....If they don't involve the licensees as I assume, shame on
> Javasoft--Licensees in a tight process would help Javasoft get feedback sooner
> and make Javasoft more responsive to the tool vendors.

They do, and we give them a lot of feedback.  But imagine developing code
against something that's in development.  It's two wheels moving against
each other.  Tracking down problems that way ("is it us?  is it them?") can
be costly.

But looking at all their licensees, only a few are doing development
environments, and only a few are actually partially written in Java.  So,
Borland is kind of in an exclusive club of sorts.


Andrew
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