Re: IBM VisualAge for Java for Linux...

[Jauvane Cavalcante de Oliveira]

> This would be a great thing for the client I currently am working with,
> however, do you have any documentation to back this up.  I've been
> watching for word of IBM saying anything like this and the closest I've
> seen is that an IBM exec saying that they will port to Linux like they
> do to "NT and the other UNIX platforms."

Read the posts at the newsgroup news.software.ibm.com specially
ibm.software.vajava.beta. Mr. David Greestone from IBM wrote the following on
July 27, 1998 10:30AM

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Subject:
              Re: Linux support (IBM people respond)
        Date:
              Mon, 27 Jul 1998 10:30:17 -0400
       From:
              "David Greenstone (IBM Support)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
 Newsgroups:
              ibm.software.vajava.beta
  References:
              1 , 2 , 3

Hi all!

I have forwarded this request on and they understand the concern.  They
are definitely curious as to how many people are really interested in
this. Scott's idea to have people "sign" his petition is a really good
one. After he has gathered all of his information, I am sure that he'll
forward it to us and then we will take a better look at it.

Thanks everyone for your input and especially Scott for this petition.

David

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This is why I am posting the petition URL here.

Regards,

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