I think we can all work together on this. A lot of us in the Linux
community are annoyed and mystified by Sun's years-long snubbing of
Linux in the Java world. It honestly makes no sense. The press release
that came out today did no good, either, ignoring the Blackdown
contribution entirely. But I think we're all happy to see Inprise
devote effort to a Java/Linux port. Thank you!
I think Inprise could help repair some bad feelings by making some
official statement of thanks and respect to the Blackdown community.
It never costs you to pay your props. A Slashdot story would be one
good way to do this, or a letter to Linux Weekly News (publishes
Thursdays), or even a note on your own release page.
>Yep, and I can't talk for Sun, as a matter of fact I'm not a
>spokesperson for Inprise either but just one of the developers.
We understand. Thanks for being here! That's the main way to get
credibility in the Linux community, talk with the geeks. We're here.
And we're delighted to see more Java for Linux.
It would be helpful if you made sure the Inprise team gets a summary
of the discussions here.
>Actually I would love to see the effort of both groups merge to have
>the best of both worlds.
I think that would be terrific. Inprise might even offer the Blackdown
principles some sort of consulting arrangement. Couldn't hurt to ask.
I have to disagree with you on the rest of this, though:
>The bottom line, and I didn't see a post about this, is that now
>Linux has a fully functional JDK/JRE that can be used to port
>thousands of applications.
No, Inprise is the third Linux JDK/JRE that can run thousands of
applications. Blackdown was there at the beginning, and IBM beat
Inrpise to it too. Inprise is different in starting out with JDK 1.2.
Smart move and useful, I think. But again, Blackdown was there first.
You're even using their code.
>now Sun is giving Linux equal treatment and future releases of the
>JDK will be ported to Linux together with the other two main
>versions: Windows and Solaris.
I hope you're right Sun's new religion, and if Inprise is the force
that makes this happen, terrific! I'll believe it when I see it.
>Trying to close with a positive note...this is just the beginning for
>Java on Linux, hold on tight ;)
Well, no, the beginning was several years ago. And we've been hanging
on tight, and advocating, and a few folks have worked their asses off
building a codebase that wasn't even acknowledged in the press
release. Can you understand why people are a bit annoyed?
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