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[Bob Jolliffe <bobjolliffe@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 25 September 2011 07:37, Jason Pickering <jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It seems to work okay for me but causes problems with jasper reports due to
> missing fonts. I couldn't be bothered to resolve it and followed 2 instead.
> By far the easiest route i have found.

Just chatting to Knut about this.

me:  ah.  bloody fonts.
me:  historically I have found fonts are the biggest hurdle to large
scale gov FOSS migration projects.  The hidden little IP landmines
which break everything :-)

It was also the primary difference between staroffice (sun commercial)
and openoffice.  The proprietary font packs.

Maybe we need to investigate these jasper fonts a bit more closely.
Getting font liberated is a good thing.

Cheers
Bob

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> On Sep 25, 2011 8:06 AM, "Bob Jolliffe" <bobjolliffe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Quick question. There seems to be at least 3 common ways I see java
>> being deployed on ubuntu:
>> 1. download jdk binaries from sun, expand to some custom folder (eg
>> /home/bobj/java) and set path and JAVA_HOME accordingly
>> 2. install 'official' oracle jdk java6 binaries with something like
>> 'sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk' and switch between this and
>> openjdk with update-java-alternatives
>> 3. go with openjdk
>>
>> I think 1 is probably favoured by developers as it allows maximum
>> flexibility, working with different versions etc. Its what I tend to
>> do anyway :-)
>>
>> For server installs I think it makes much more sense to not fight
>> against the package system, so 2 is probably most common. I'm curious
>> about 2 and 3. Does anyone have any concrete (ie not 3rd hand
>> hearsay) experience of running dhis on openjdk?.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Bob
>>
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