Hello folks, Let me start by saying I think everyone is doing a good job with making Java on Linux a reality. I came back from the Imprise (formerly Borland) Developers conference with a realization about how important Java is and how much more it will become. Dr. Alan Baratz was one of the technology keynote speakers. He fielded a question from the audience on (to paraphrase both question & answer) "What is JavaSoft doing or going to do to get Java running well on Linux?" His answer was that "we are working with a developer who is heading up the JDK/JVM work on Linux." Was he talking about this JDK/JVM (blackdown)? Is work being done now on 1.2 with support from JavaSoft? He also mentioned that the design philosopy of Java was to get it working, get a set of features, then later work on performance. He alluded that the first two are here and the second is coming with 1.2+. Is this the same philosophy of this JDK - get it working & compliant then work on performance bottlenecks? Sorry if the later sounds like a flame - it is by no means meant that way. Tom Jenkins for PGP key send mail with GET PGP KEY in subject
