Sun: Solaris Java is 900MB memory hog and slow
C|Net | at | by Mike
Sun Microsystems' Java software and Solaris operating system haven't always gotten along, an internal memo indicates. The version of Java for Solaris is a poor choice for many types of programs, is slow to load, isn't well-supported within Sun and requires too much memory to run, several Sun engineers said in the memo.
For one thing, the memo said, those in control of Java had decided against fixing some bugs and had made changes that prevented older Java programs from working with newer versions of Java. For another, the Solaris version of Java requires huge amounts of memory--as much as 900MB when running TogetherSoft software, since acquired by Borland. Even a basic program to print the words "Hello, world" on a screen takes 9MB, the memo said.