Re: Does Sun/JavaSoft support Java on Linux?

[Carlos Alberto Roman Zamitiz]

Sun supports the API on Solaris and Win32, only.
Is it correct?

Now, if I have a problem with Netscape 4.0.X (where X<7) which has Java
Console JDK 1.1.2 but applets compiled with JDK1.1.3 don't work. Only with
JDK 1.0.2 my browser works correctly but I compiled them, JDK returns
warnings because my methods are deprecated.

Who should I report this problem? With javasoft or Netscape?

Carlos Alberto Roman Zamitiz
Departamento de Ingenieria en Computacion, Facultad de Ingenieria UNAM
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On Sun, 25 Oct 1998, John Summerfield wrote:

> I maintain my earlier statement: Sun does not support the API on Linux,
> just as Sun does not support in on OS/2.
> 
> Anyone with a problem specific to the Linux implementation should NOT
> report their problems to Sun. An example of a problem Sun would not want to
> hear about: "My program dumps core when..."
> 
> otoh if you try to extend  StreamTokenizer and find something in ints
> implementaion is spastic, tell Sun.
> 
> 
> Of course, the porting team has special access. It's fair to say that Sun
> welcomes Java on Linux: it's politically to Sun's advantage to jave
> bog-standard Java on as many platforms as possible.
> 
> I imagine Sun sees commercial advantage too: the more java apps there are,
> the more software there is that runs on Sun boxes.
> 
> 
> Cheers
> John Summerfield
> http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support.
> Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index.
> 
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