On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:38:35 -0500 James Melin said: >It's what we run our production WebSphere on. >The IBM JDK passes all of the 'looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, >swims like a duck' tests
Unfortunately, it flies like a goose. There are a couple minor areas where things are not 100% compatible. Not my area of expertice, but I've been told: "The first compilation step of the application begins, but the post compilation test(s) for that step fail and the compilation process ends. This seems to be related to the different versions of libraries packaged with the IBM JDK, namely xalan and xerces. We have experienced this situation on z and x." There are not a lot of alternatives at this point. There is no Sun version for System z, so your Java developers will have to get over their prejudces. This is not a System z vs Intel issue, but a Sun JDK vs IBM JDK issue. Alternatively, you could complain to Sun about their lack of support. This is not to talk you out of doing this. We've done a few things that work well, but if your developers are that picky, you are going to have to set expectations before they hit such problems. /ahw >that >Sun >requires such things to pass, so unless your Java people want the absolute >bleeding edge sun JDK, I think it would be fine. >-J > > John Cousins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent by: Linux on 390 Port > <[email protected]> >To > > [email protected] > >cc > 03/14/2008 06:50 AM > >Subject > Java on > zLinux > Please respond to > Linux on 390 Port <[email protected]> > > > > >Hello >We are an old z/OS mainframe site with a team expert in RedHat on Intel. >We have a z800 with a couple of IFLs, so thought it useful to try z/Linux. >I am a CICS systems programmer, who used VM around 20 years ago, and with no >Linux experience. >We have been struggling to get to grips with z/VM and virtual Linux servers. >Guess most of our problems are due to VM skills being very rusty, >and the >inflexiblity of the Linux technicians in getting invloved with the project. >I currently have a couple of virtual RedHat 5 zLinux virtual machines set up, >and need to install Java. >Our Linux techs say we must have Sun Java, the developers want Java >1.5.0_05-b05, but my trawl of the web suggests that Sun Java is not >available >in >z/Linux! Looks like I can download Java from IBM: >http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/linux/download.html >but will this be good enough for our picky developers? >Can anyone give advice? >Yours hopefully >John Cousins >John Cousins >Senior IT Officer >Central Support Services ICT Division >Bristol City Council >Romney House >Romney Avenue >PO Box 1380 >Bristol BS99 3HB >Tel : 0117 922 4705 >Fax: 0117 922 3983 >e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >______________________________________________________________________ >'Do it online' with our growing range of online services - >http://www.bristol.gov.uk/services >Sign-up for our email bulletin giving news, have-your-say and event >information at: http://www.bristol.gov.uk/newsdirect >Watch webcasts of Council meetings at http://www.bristol.gov.uk/webcast >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit >http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 >Disclaimer: Information in this message or an attachment may be government >data and thereby subject to the Minnesota Government Data Practices >Act, Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, may be subject to attorney-client or work >product privilege, may be confidential, privileged, proprietary, >or otherwise protected, and the unauthorized review, copying, retransmission, >or other use or disclosure of the information is strictly >prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, please >immediately notify the sender of the transmission error and then >promptly delete this message from your computer system. >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit >http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
