[advocacy-discuss] OpenSolaris for Java developers?

[Amit k. Saha]

Hi Bill,


> Roman,
>
> I am a Java developer that got involved with OpenSolaris early on. I
> think that both DTrace and Chime are very good but I think it would also
> be helpful to point out the tools that OpenSolaris comes with "out of
> the box" for Java developers. You get Netbeans, Tomcat, and Glassfish,
> for example, installed that are ready to go when you first log in. The
> tools and environment geared towards developers will get you to try out
> OpenSolaris but DTrace, Zones, and ZFS will get you to stay.

OpenSolaris 2008.05 do not have nor will have installed
NetBeans/Glassfish/Tomcat. That said, yes- installing is just a step
or two away.

If I am not wrong, I have seen SXCE builds and the SXDE releases which
have them, not so with OpenSolaris 2008.05

Thanks,
Amit
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