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

[Mike Williams]

Yeah, I figured my odds weren't very good, but I have access to a Linux 
box and the server that sends down the Java code, so it seems silly not 
to at least try firing it up.

On 12/05/2011 06:58 PM, Michael Mol wrote:
>
> 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...
>
> ZZ
>
> On Dec 5, 2011 6:46 PM, "Mike Williams" <knightperson at zuzax.com 
> <mailto: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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