On Tue, 16 Apr 1996, Ean Schuessler wrote: > Unfortunatly Java is not GPL'd. For that matter I don't think that native > graphics services are actually provided by Java, it just calls the existing > local windowing system, but I'm probably wrong.
I think Java can be ported to whatever graphics system is available. It would even be possible to develop a X protocol extension allowing client apps to send Java programs to the X server in order to be executed directly there. That would make execution of Java very efficient, even across very slow connections, and wouldn't need a complete rework of X, only a protocol extension that can be added without modifying the big and complex core of the windowing system. Regards, M. S. ------------ Martin A. Soto J. Profesor Departamento de Ingenieria de Sistemas y Computacion Universidad de los Andes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
