[GRLUG] Joint Meeting :- GR-LUG and GR-JUG

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> > > I didn't  realize there was a GRJUG, so you at least got one new
> > > recruit (me) out of this proposal.
> > As for discussion topics, I would suggest starting with a presentation
> > on where Java and Linux intersect, and all of the software Sun has
> > been open sourcing lately. You could also present on the many Java
> > programs for Linux: Eclipse, Netbeans, Tomcat, and Glassfish co0me
> > immediately to mind.
> I just went through setting up an Apache Tomcat v6.0.16 application
> server, using Sun Java6 update 5. Just to use a report server called
> "i-Net Crystal Clear Plus Report Server"
> I also had to figure out why the MySQL Connector J v5.0.16 was screwing
> things up. I also had to figure out why _*all*_ the "jars" in a "lib"
> directory would not properly load. They were proper jar files (similar
> to tar files with manifests in them) but a "standalone listener" would

Yep,  I usually have to resort to the keep-sticking-the-jars-places till
it works.  I'm sure there is a more rational/systematic process,  but
I've just got no idea what it is;  and the Tomcat docs aren't helpful on
that score.