HI!
On Thu, 18 Mar 1999 Jean-Pierre Dube wrote:
>I also read an article where the say that SUN was the last
>major company to endorse Linux I guess that they are scare of Linux and
>want to protect their beloved Solaris.
What about this announcement, that future Solaris releases will be
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From: Nelson Minar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Another question for the mix - what's up now with the production
>version of the JDK? Is there any hope of a Linux port of that? I hear
>rumours that it is quite good.
The plus in the Production version is platform-specific tuning, so this
cannot be ported!
I realized in my first message that I was a bit unclear. I want Sun to
put Java on Linux on the same footing internally as Java on Windows or
Java on Solaris. I have no idea if this is realistic, because I don't
know enough about Sun politics. I think it is a reasonable goal
business-wise for Sun,
We must have in mind that Sun must find a sound musiness model for whatever
they do, no matter how much goodwill they may have. Sun has stockholders,
Linux hackers don't...
Then, I think Sun could like the combination of SPARC hardware + Linux OS +
Java infrastructure and applications. But mayb
What worries me is that SUN will not give HotSpot for free so I don't
know how the licensing will be worked out for the Blackdown
organisation. I also read an article where the say that SUN was the last
major company to endorse Linux I guess that they are scare of Linux and
want to protect their
>About HotSpot: I really wouldn't know. Would like to see it myself
>too. Linux allways comes last (JDK 1.2, RDMBS's etc), but things are
>changing I guess... for the good.
Does anyone with knowledge of Sun politics know how we can effectively
lobby for more support for Java on Linux? I really do
