[softwarelist] Re: OP on Linux (revisited)

Paul Vigay <lists-nospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In a dim and distant universe
<gemini.k331i300qtmxw02ec.ray@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>    Ray Dawson <ray@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> enlightened us thusly:
> 
> > This is what Quentin Paine has done with Accountz - he has written
> > them using a Java interface so that the single CD will install the
> > program on any computer running Java.
> 
> Yes, but Java is pretty slow in which to run a major application. The
> latest Accountz running on an Intel dual core, top-end Apple Mac is
> still *much* slower (by an order of magnitude) than Prophet 3 running on
> an Iyonix.

There must be something wrong with your system then as Accountz, running
on a dual core 6750 and Vista is very fast - a lot, lot more than Personal
Accounts on my Risc PC.

The point about running in Java is that it is portable between OSs capable
of running recent Java - which of course excludes RISC OS.

Cheers,

Ray D
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