Nelson Minar wrote:
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> With 1.1.7, Linux is either the best or second best Unix platform for
> running Java. Solaris is obviously alright, but most of the other Java
> ports (SGI, Digital Unix, etc) have really bad problems.
Yes, the SGI port is really broken (especially the jit)
> Another interesting option is to see if we can get financial support
> for the Linux porters. I was sort of hoping Sun would do this, by
> donating some engineers' time, but maybe that's not come together.
> Maybe some of the companies relying on Java/Linux could be convinced
> to chip in some money? That would again put more responsibility on the
> part of the porters, but in this case with a reward for doing it.
>
You might find this of interest as an idea (I suspect you have already seen
it, though)
http://slashdot.org/features/99/02/09/0954219.shtml
Dimitris
