Why are all the programs that Sun Microsystems make so heavy?

Question

Java is slow as hell, and the Solaris OS will only fit on a DVD. What the F?

Answer 1

Because all of the software created from Sun are java driven. So you download the java version for the intended program if you don't have it already. Compare to microsoft's software, I think that sun's is still small.

Answer 2

If it's like a good linux the DVD has a lot of stuff but you don't have to install everything. I know there are lots of apps for solaris that ere written in efficient languages like c. Java is too slow for some needs but the same is true for ruby, python, perl, php and many others. There are solaris users who run a lot of the same things that are commonly used in the linux/unix world today. That would be things like apache2 web server, postgres database server, bind DNS server and so on. They don't have a speed problem.

Answer 3

Really, Microsoft remaps their DVD/cd media so you can't copy it, but you ever wonder why the Windows install disc is 800k?



The java jre is a 13-meg plug-in. The Microsoft answer is .net and it is a 8-gig plug-in (and that's just to run a single button). Therefore, java is installable over the internet. Microsoft is not.



Fast is a frame of reference. I always thought python was fast, but it's not. Python is spastic with number crunching.