[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ean Schuessler) wrote on 16.04.96 in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Unfortunatly Java is not GPL'd. For that matter I don't think that native Nor is X. And there's no reason Java couldn't be reimplemented, if people want to. In fact, ISTR that some commercial people are already doing just that. Anyway, that's somewhat beside the point - it's the language and the byte codes that are the important standard for this, not the actual implementation. The most parts of such a system would probably be written in Java itself. > graphics services are actually provided by Java, it just calls the existing > local windowing system, but I'm probably wrong. Again, it's not that important who actually does the drawing, as long as you have the interfaces to use. Actually, I imagine both implementations on top of systems like X or Windoze, and standalone ones. The latter would be more work, of course. And I'm not proposing to use the exact same configuration as that for applets - I expect there would be some modifications necessary. For example, the beast would probably be much less tied to html. However, it would certainly be a good idea to be as compatible as possible. > To bad MGR isn't a bigger deal. Well, MGR doesn't seem to have a chance of catching on. This might. MfG Kai
