Re: Sun Java 2 for Linux

1999-10-23 Thread Riyad Kalla
I had the impression Sun was going to take on the project, obviously its just another PR move, just like you said, to combat IBM. Well seeing as how we are getting a release about every 7 months or so, with all of Sun's help, we should have 1.3 final ported by the end of 2010. -Riyad Nelson Mina

Re: Sun Java 2 for Linux

1999-10-22 Thread Nelson Minar
>Well, according the article at InfoWorld, Sun are working with Blackdown >to do the port so I guess they'll continue to be closely involved with >Java on Linux. So in other words, this is business as usual? The press release made it sound like Sun was doing something new. Then again, they were r

Re: Sun Java 2 for Linux

1999-10-21 Thread Robbie Baldock
Riyad Kalla wrote: > I'm giddy like a school girl to see how it turns out. > > Would Blackdown disolve if this comes true? Well, according the article at InfoWorld, Sun are working with Blackdown to do the port so I guess they'll continue to be closely involved with Java on Linux. Robbie -

Re: Sun Java 2 for Linux

1999-10-20 Thread Daniel P. Zepeda
Save your giddiness for when you actually have it running on your machine. It is a lot more satisifying that way. Thus spake Riyad Kalla on Wed, 20 Oct 1999: > I'm giddy like a school girl to see how it turns out. > > Would Blackdown disolve if this comes true? > > Cynthia Jeness wrote: > > >

Re: Sun Java 2 for Linux

1999-10-20 Thread Riyad Kalla
I'm giddy like a school girl to see how it turns out. Would Blackdown disolve if this comes true? Cynthia Jeness wrote: > Any comments/insights about the following excerpt from an October 18 > InfoWorld article? > > ... > Meanwhile, Sun Microsystems is preparing to release in early 2000 a > J

Sun Java 2 for Linux

1999-10-20 Thread Cynthia Jeness
Any comments/insights about the following excerpt from an October 18 InfoWorld article? ... Meanwhile, Sun Microsystems is preparing to release in early 2000 a Java2-compliant JVM for Linux that brings the performance, functions, and Java HotSpot features of the latest Java specifications to th