Hi
> Without native threads support, this release is IMO useless for running
> any kind of serious Java applications on Linux.
Realistically, I'm sure it's just a matter of time.
> While I will admit that I myself have been sometimes frustrated by the
> speed of the Blackdown porting team, they have been doing a good job
> quality-wise. I still don't understand why Sun would start their own
> Linux JDK port and not use the Blackdown team's work as a base.
I'm sure Inprise offered to do the JDK for Sun. For a "small" fee, Inprise
would of agreed to continually upgrade and support the JDK. Because
Inprise were being paid, Sun could expect and demand a quality product.
Now, if you were Inprise, you could either say to Sun, "Give us the
Blackdown sources and we'll finish it off for you." or "Give us the
Community Source and we'll port it to Java." Which do you think Inprise
would be able to charge more for?
Also, if you were a big commerical company with say 15 good quality (not
that the existing team aren't good) well paid programmers working 24/7 on
this, and the company strategy was to move JBuilder to Unix environments, I
think you'd be able to knock out a Linux port quickly-ish as well.
Then again, Inprise don't really need the money - they were given $xx
million dollars by Microsoft... perhaps Inprise will get something else
from Sun in return.
Nicholas
P.S. Disclaimer: These are my opinions and not the opinions of my company.
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