An interview with Gosling is at
http://webserv.vnunet.com/www_user/plsql/pkg_vnu_search_mo.right_frame?p_story=89624
Suprising quote:
Zombiehead: James, what's your stance on Java in relation to open
source? It's one of the reasons Linux is successful. Do you see this
as a future possibility?
JG: We'd like to deal with the problem of Java not working on Linux.
It's a somewhat complex problem.
The inter-operability problems with Linux are just horrible. You
have to be excruciatingly careful because all the different flavours
of Linux are all slightly different.
NN: Can you project a time when problems are resolved?
JG: It's hard to tell when those problems will be resolved. The
Linux community has got itself into a bit of a pickle. I think they
could have avoided it, but it's now going to take time, and it'll be
a painful thing for them. They're going to go from being a bunch of
hobbyists having a good time to developing mission-critical
applications. The road may be a little bumpy.
Does anyone have any clue what Gosling is talking about? I guess the
native threads problems could have something to do with Linux
versions, but the green threads versions seem awfully portable to me
and are just fine for most use.
My feeling is still that the real problem with Java and Linux is that
it's a problem of Sun politics, not technology. So I was quite
surprised to see Gosling vaguely endorse the idea.
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