Comments on: Blender used by Sony and Sun

By: Simonced

Simonced — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:04:39 +0000

Arf, Sony has got big feet, that's true.

About the Java and Flash stuff, the problem is that we have to install libs to see some content.
In my opinion Internet should be browsable out of the box.
Sure Java can be used for other many things.
In my experience, even on linux, I don't encounter so many problems, but it's tricky to make those 2 plugins working well.
About java, it's a very heavy structured language, an example is that we can't even concatenate a string without the use of the String library. It's well structured but really slow to code (I refer to some experience of it few years ago, it may have changed).
To balance the Java critics a bit, I don't have problems with Eclypse or NetBeans, both big apps I mainly use in all my projects. But Yeah, it eats very much memory…

By: jacques

jacques — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 07:30:19 +0000

I think there's a pattern in the previous comments on Java: most of the positive ones are given from a developper's perspective, and most of the negative ones, from a user's perspective.

How can it be good if end-users loathe it ? (OK, not all of them…).
It's a programming environment, it should be semi-transparent to the user, and it definitely isn't.

By: phexitol

phexitol — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:54:38 +0000

To those above who say "Java is great when done well": you are correct. It is not the fastest, but it gets the job done. I use Art of Illusion (www.artofillusion.org), which is written in Java, and it runs smoothly.

However, those who think that bad Java is the minority are simply naive. Ask anyone who works in a corporate environment, and they'll tell you about their experiences with Java-based apps – slow, buggy crap written by junior grade programmers. This, unfortunately, is the face of Java to the uninitiated.

By: kurt

kurt — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:43:46 +0000

@Alexander Ewering

"….That's mainly because Flash offers far more possibilities than Java …"

Ever tried flash on Linux??

By: DDR

DDR — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 07:15:46 +0000

Earlier, I noticed no one actually mailed Sony with a complaint – this is a bit of a problem all FOSS has. I know one game that had some of it's graphics illegally copied for use in a web game. No action was taken, as no one could be bothered.

Same here, and, honestly, Elephant's Dream did get their name in the image…

By: Ashworth

Ashworth — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 04:33:21 +0000

I think Both Sony and JAVA are totally worthless. Suns alright I guess, fairly wothless though. At least it's cool to see blender getting some spotlight, even though it may be exploitive and not really constructive.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:48:40 +0000

Fixed:

'Blender Used by Sun, Stolen by Sony'

By: Hubert

Hubert — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:10:27 +0000

Java screwed up for me. I've grown to hate it over the years, ever since I was… what, four years old? I'm not the biggest fan of Flash either.

It's still great to see the attention Blender and its projects are getting. Sony seems to me like the type of company to crush that CC license, though.

By: MrE

MrE — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:02:45 +0000

JAVA? Isn't that the piece of software that doesn't come in 64 bit flavor (for 64x Vista) so i still can't use Minefield the way i want to and have to resolve problems by using 32 bit IE?!

By: panzi

panzi — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:42:04 +0000

Java has it strong side on the server, not the client. While I like Java (the language) I loathe many of the over bloated and complicated frameworks and API for Java (like JSF).