On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 15:20:11 -0500
Glenn Holmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I don't think anybody consciously wants to break compatibility,
> but I think it would simply be too tempting to add Just One Cool
> Feature(tm). That's the way Open Source works: when a programmer
> feels an itch, he co
On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 15:20:11 -0500
Glenn Holmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I don't think anybody consciously wants to break compatibility,
> but I think it would simply be too tempting to add Just One Cool
> Feature(tm). That's the way Open Source works: when a programmer
> feels an itch, he co
hi all
I am working on a project which needs JVM to work without the
support of Operating Systems. The JVM I am working with uses Pthreads of
Linux and hence I am unable to compile it with a arm cross compiler. I
came to know that Green Threads works without the help of Operating System
fun
Glenn Holmer wrote:
I don't think anybody consciously wants to break compatibility,
but I think it would simply be too tempting to add Just One Cool
Feature(tm). That's the way Open Source works: when a programmer
feels an itch, he codes. And that's OK for the kernel, or maybe
XFree86, and for ap
Gerald Bauer wrote:
unfree.
On top of this, non-free core software is something
to be avoided in the community. This overly-controlled
approach on Sun's part is losing the Linux desktop to
.NET.
.NET is freerer than java?
--
To
Glenn Holmer wrote:
Gerald Bauer wrote:
Tom writes:
Sun invariably says that they can't think of what
problems open source Java would solve that aren't
already solved. Of course that's ridiculous.
Why?
It is
pretty hard for Linux vendors to ship a working JRE on
their platform if they make any
Glenn Holmer wrote:
Gerald Bauer wrote:
Tom writes:
Sun invariably says that they can't think of what
problems open source Java would solve that aren't
already solved. Of course that's ridiculous.
Why?
It is
pretty hard for Linux vendors to ship a working JRE on
their platform if they make any
