Groups > comp.lang.java.programmer > #19684

Re: Oracle Java or Open Java?

From	Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom2@eastlink.ca>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Re: Oracle Java or Open Java?
References	<k7erlh$6m8$2@localhost.localdomain> <DXCms.21479$td7.7541@newsfe22.iad> <ag26udF8cfoU1@mid.individual.net>
Message-ID	<oXgns.1$9F5.0@newsfe21.iad> (permalink)
Organization	Public Usenet Newsgroup Access
Date	2012-11-09 20:09 -0400

Show all headers | View raw

On 11/08/2012 01:03 PM, Robert Klemme wrote:
> On 11/08/2012 01:22 AM, Arved Sandstrom wrote:
>> On 11/07/2012 07:42 PM, Martin Gregorie wrote:
>>> Last time I remember any discussion of using the Open JDK there was a
>>> general opinion that Sun^WOracle Java was still the way to go.
>>>
>>> Is this still the case?
>>>
>> I'm willing to give the OpenJDK a shot, especially on OS's where it
>> comes by default, but at the first sign of problems I switch to Oracle
>> JDK. And every so often I have had problems with the OpenJDK.
>
> What kind of issues were those?  I am asking because OpenJDK makes up by
> far the largest part of OracleJDK AFAIK.  It would be interesting to
> learn of the differences via those issues.
>
> Kind regards
>
>      robert

I hesitate to say, Robert. I've had issues with *every* JDK I've used in 
close to 15 years. Certainly I've had sporadic problems with all of 
OpenJDK 6, OpenJDK 7 but also Oracle/Sun JDK 7, so I can't really pin it 
down.

I can only say with assurance that I've definitely had some OpenJDK 6/7 
problems that were solved by switching to Oracle JDK counterparts, 
because that sticks in my mind, and ISTR that these handful of problems 
were related to GUI apps, so sometimes a silent failure to launch using 
OpenJDK where the app would run properly using Oracle JDK.

FWIW I do use OpenJDK 7 quite often, depending on OS or what software I 
am using, and it's very rare that there are problems these days.

AHS

Thread

Oracle Java or Open Java? Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2012-11-07 23:42 +0000
  Re: Oracle Java or Open Java? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-11-07 18:46 -0500
  Re: Oracle Java or Open Java? Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom2@eastlink.ca> - 2012-11-07 20:22 -0400
    Re: Oracle Java or Open Java? Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2012-11-08 01:38 +0000
    Re: Oracle Java or Open Java? Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-11-08 18:03 +0100
      Re: Oracle Java or Open Java? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-11-08 12:32 -0500
        Re: Oracle Java or Open Java? Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de> - 2012-11-11 19:00 +0100
          Re: Oracle Java or Open Java? Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2012-11-11 19:07 +0000
            Re: Oracle Java or Open Java? Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de> - 2012-11-11 21:46 +0100
          Re: Oracle Java or Open Java? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-11-11 17:29 -0500
            Re: Oracle Java or Open Java? Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de> - 2012-11-19 21:46 +0100
              Re: Oracle Java or Open Java? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-11-19 16:11 -0500
      Re: Oracle Java or Open Java? Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom2@eastlink.ca> - 2012-11-09 20:09 -0400
        Re: Oracle Java or Open Java? Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-11-11 18:01 +0100
  Re: Oracle Java or Open Java? Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2012-11-09 02:50 +0100

csiph-web