[Freegis-list] migrating ESRI-GeoMedia to Open source

[Martin Spott]

"Essam Salah" wrote:

>>> There is also Jump and openmap, but with both you currently
>>> might fall in the Java trap easily.
> 
> Why do you think that java is a Trap !!
> Is there some disadvantages for java in GIS development ; I think that just
> being a platform independent is worth going with it

Whatever is meant in this context, from my experience the platform
independence exists only in theory. Typically you have to install a
specific Java runtine for each program you want to use.

Cheers,
	Martin.
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