[GRLUG] "Will it run Linux?", episode 2

[Michael Mol]

Likely not easily. I'd try a JRE from that era under WINE. As a friend and
Java programmer told me, Java is platform-agnostic *if you know what you're
doing.* Most programmers don't. Worse, you're talking dot-com era, when the
field got flooded by the CS equivalent of gold rush panhandlers...I don't
expect it to have been written well at all...

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On Dec 5, 2011 6:46 PM, "Mike Williams" <knightperson at zuzax.com> wrote:

> What are the odds that a big Java application that currently runs on old
> Windows 2000 POS* terminals could be made to run on Linux? Especially in a
> net-boot, diskless workstation form? The java app is downloaded via a web
> address from a server if that makes a difference.
>
> *You're welcome to translate POS as Point-Of-Sale or as something less
> complimentary. Either one would be valid.
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