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<LI><em>From</em>: <A HREF="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</A> (Chris Gray)</LI>
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[Caliban:]
:I can see both sides of this issue. I have a healthy aversion to canned
:code and downloaded components, but sometimes you have to ask yourself why
:you ought to build something someone else already did. The major question
:is whether the benefit outweighs the liability -- for example, if you build
:your client in Java, you inherit any security bug that might be found in
:Java. You have to ask yourself whether that's a risk worth taking; do you
:want the software done and out the door faster, or do you want it
:bulletproof? Time is a commodity, but so is reliability... and when you use
:someone else's framework, you're investing a lot of trust in that person.
The security issues with Java are normally aimed at protecting the server
from the client. So, typically they are not a concern for users of the
client software. The same with a MUD. True, a Java application can write
to your local disk, etc., but so can any other piece of someone else's
code that you run as a client. At least with Java, you have the protection
that Java offers to your server, which is likely better than what most
people could come up with by themselves.
:When I last installed the JDK, I had to manually enter several environment
:variables and registry keys. [snippage]
: I think it's a UNIX thing.
Nope. I downloaded the JDK (1.0, since we still have the old OS), for
HP-UX and installed it. I had to decide where to put it, then unpack
the archive. That's it. I don't recall even having to set a CLASSPATH.
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Chris Gray cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA
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<LI><STRONG>Re: [MUD-Dev] The MLI Project</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM>
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00558" HREF="msg00558.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The MLI Project</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00348" HREF="msg00348.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] MetaVoice, MetaFont</A></strong>,
Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</a>, Fri 30 Jan 1998, 17:02 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00351" HREF="msg00351.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] MetaVoice, MetaFont</A></strong>,
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