> And who thinks that the big heads at IBM have other reasons for supporting
> java [than] ... java hurts M$.
I don't work for IBM, but here is my best guess at a better reason for
them to support Java: the "write once run anywhere" promise.
Consider all of the systems that IBM *currently* ships: AIX, OS/390,
OS/400, OS/2, and now (drum roll please) Linux. Not only that, but IBM
also makes sure that its systems integrate with Windows.
Maybe they support Linux just to piss of Microsoft, but Java is "the
Cobol of the 21st Century"* for IBM. For this reason, IBM has taken
control of its own Java destiny and is producing the best JVMs around.
-Charles
* Rough quote from "Java and the AS/400" (and IBM white paper). BTW,
IBM's new Java support for the AS/400 is really cool; it's NOT a JVM.
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