Calvin Austin wrote:
>
> As far as I can tell its JDK 1.1.8 (one report mention that it was
> originally beta last summer) and the distros in questions were
> new professional/enterprises CDs, ie $149-$199 and upwards. This may mean
> that you would not be able to download them from free which would be
> similiar to DB2 which I believe is only available if you pay redhat.
> Don't know if anyone can confirm or deny that :*)
>
> If it was 1.1.8 it would be ironic as IBM also claimed a new volano
> record using 1.2.2 on AIX, so are they suggesting that Linux users should
> put up with 1.1.x technology while their AIX accounts should use 1.2.2?
> Who knows?
Their earlier announced schedule (separate context from this story) has
them shipping JDK1.3 for Linux in the second quarter. All it suggests to
me is that they're smart enough to concentrate on their core business
first.
Nathan
>
> regards
> calvin
>
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> > Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 06:50:59 -0800
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> > A report today from ZDNet says that IBM has struck deals to include
> > their JDK ports in Linux distros from Red Hat, Caldera, and TurboLinux,
> > with a SuSE announcement expected soon.
> >
> > The JDKs will start appearing in distros next month; it's not clear from
> > the article when IBM's 1.2 (or 1.3, or whatever) will appear. I'd say
> > it's a safe bet that SRPMs will not be provided :-).
> >
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> > Details: http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2426221,00.html
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