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> Subject: Re: IBM's Java/Linux agenda: why JDK1.1.6 port?
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> Do you know why IBM ported JDK1.1.6 instead of 1.1.8? I could understand
> why they did not pick up 1.2, but 1.1.8 is very stable and capable of.
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> Jacob
&g
to look no farther than their support for Linux and Java
> so that they can't be blackmailed by M$ for their dev platforms.
>
> -- Aravind
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> > -Original Message-
> > From: Charles Forsythe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Friday, 20 August 1999 15:
Linux runs well on PowerPC which is CPU for AIX, OS/390, and OS/400. So
for IBM Linux could be MVS (their mainframe OS) for 21 centure as well.
Jacob
Charles Forsythe wrote:
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> > And who thinks that the big heads at IBM have other reasons for supporting
> > java [than] ... java hurts M$.
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> Subject: IBM's Java/Linux agenda
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> > And who thinks that the big heads at IBM have other reasons for
> supporting
> > java [than] ... java hurts M$.
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> I don't work for IBM, but here is my
> And who thinks that the big heads at IBM have other reasons for supporting
> java [than] ... java hurts M$.
I don't work for IBM, but here is my best guess at a better reason for
them to support Java: the "write once run anywhere" promise.
Consider all of the systems that IBM *currently* ships
