Date: Wed, 03 Dec 1997 15:55:02 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Sean Kelly <kelly@fsl.noaa.gov> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What can we do about Java? Message-ID: <12011.881193302@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 03 Dec 1997 08:45:28 MST." <34857E98.A0B877C3@fsl.noaa.gov>
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> I think it's high time FreeBSD become one of the leading Java runtime > and development platforms. Our OS is already positioned quite well in Easier said than done - this requires someone who can actively maintain the Java port, and Jeff Hsu said back in the 1.0.2 days that he was essentially sidelined now with too much work elsewhere to do JVM ports anymore (which also need to be tweaked and fixed as the various Java developers report in with problems) and I don't know of anyone who's managed to fill his shoes since. It also takes a willingness to do paperwork and deal with licensing issues since Sun requires that of whomever's getting the Java source code to do the work. > I've got the enthusiasm (if not the talent), and I want to help. What > can I do? What can *we* do? Well, you could learn how to port the Java development environment from scratch and keep our support up to date, that would be one really necessary prerequisite step dealt with. Jordan
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