Tony Dean wrote:
> Of course once we enter the standards process we can do anything from
> start with
> a clean sheet of paper up to (more or less) Java.
>
> I presented a paper on using JNI with Linux at the Atlanta Linux
> Showcase and the feedback
> ran from one guy telling me this was exactly what he needed to someone
> else wanting to
> rewrite the entire Java class library with JNI and opensource. A
> replacement library that
> relied on opensource would be a good place to start and I even had a
> publisher interested in
> a book along those lines.
>
> What next? Well I guess I'll start making some calls and get back to
> those who are
> interested and start a splinter group.
classpath and japhar are pretty good alternatives and should not be
neglected. Perhaps some effort should be put in generalizing the open
source java initiative, that could eventyally take control away from
sun. Classpath is probably the library you are looking for.
Btw, sun has dropped the standarization effort (I tried to post this
earlier, but somehow it didn't make it to the list):
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-1484834.html?tag=st.ne.1002.thed.1003-200-1484834
-- dimitris
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