[nylug-talk] Excesive memory usage by Java (ranty)

[Chris Knadle]

On Tuesday 22 January 2008, sixtyfourbeets wrote:
> This particular application has two charting utilities, both from two
> different vendors.  Naturally both vendors use two different versions of
> Java, one of them uses 1.5 the other uses 1.6.  The software itself is
> written for Java 1.5.

   Does this mean that the software as shipped comes with both of these 
charting utilities and thus requires both Java 1.5 and 1.6?  It sounds like 
it defaults to using the charting utility that uses Java 1.6 even though the 
rest of the software is in Java 1.5.

> 3) Youre using Linux, we dont support Linux.

    Sounds like they've lost a customer.

> 8) You should update to Java 1.5.x+ and not 1.5.x-.

   Version dependencies are not uncommon, but version dependencies on Java 
tend to be a little more painful as well as a little more common, at least in 
my experience.  That's why I tend to avoid client-side Java apps, where 
possible.

> Right now I am so angry at this software vendor, their developers for
> having their heads up their butts, their general finger-pointing
> attitude (back at the customer) and at Java.

   Commercial tech support is sometimes an oxymoron.   

   -- Chris

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Chris Knadle
Chris.Knadle at coredump.us