> > Oliver Fels writes:
> > > I dont think so.
> > > According to the last statements from SUN HotSpot will be sold
> > > seperately as a commercial product.
> >
> > Hunh? Can you cite a reference?
> >
> > The announcement (http://www.javasoft.com/pr/1999/04/pr990427-01.html)
> > says: "... The Java HotSpot performance engine will be available free
> > of charge for download at
> > http://java.sun.com/products/hotspot/index.htm"
>
> Oops, you are right, should have read the press release.
>
> Strange, I have read several statements from SUN about HotSpot
> being a commercial product before this press release came out.
> Even when we signed in for the Hotspot beta program.
>
> Maybe they changed their mind...
Yes, they changed their mind. Although not completely, but still to a
degree where a (legally restricted) free distribution will be offered
without expiration date.
There has been a lot of activity recently related to Java performance.
IBM released an improved 1.1.7 VM. Sun itself did for 1.2 on Solaris.
Tower is close to release. Others are likely to follow. Benchmarking is
becoming a marketing tool.
When Sun formerly stated that Hotspot would be a commercial product
there was not much competition around. Now fierce competition is here.
They probably saw that it would be hard to sell a product when other
ones are free and quite close.
Another thing is that despite huge media coverage this version of
Hotspot does not seem to be a major leap but only moderate speedups.
Also, who is commited to spend a lot of money on gains that very much
depend on the circumstances, i.e. application's properties?
Wolfgang.
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