Blackdown team, Here's a copy of a message I dropped at javalobby. Just want to let you know there are still a lot of people who really appreciate your work, and I hate to see you guys misacknowledged. I'm sure there are hundreds or thousands of Linux users who feel just like me. I would really like the Blackdown effort to continue, as a commercial company, as we see, is never as reliable as an Open Source community. If there is anything I can do to help, I'd be glad to. -- I've been a Blackdown user since... well since 1.1.5 or so. In my perception they have allways delivered. The Blackdown 1.1.7a ran Swing applications much faster and much more stable than the Windows NT port of JDK 1.2 did. I really hope that the Blackdown effort gets the credit they deserve from both Sun and Inprise. I believe that both Sun and Inprise should apologize. Maybe Blackdown, Sun and Inprise should get together and find a solution all three parties are happy with. Maybe Sun and Inprise should offer Blackdown resources and support and let Blackdown do what they're best at: Write a great JDK port! Ernst [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Ernst de Haan Freelance Java Architect "Come to me all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest" -- Jesus Christ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]