From owner-freebsd-java Tue Jul 3 8: 5:47 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from l04.research.kpn.com (l04.research.kpn.com [139.63.192.204]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE71A37B401 for ; Tue, 3 Jul 2001 08:05:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from K.J.Koster@kpn.com) Received: by l04.research.kpn.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Tue, 3 Jul 2001 17:05:44 +0100 Message-ID: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E452205FD9D22@l04.research.kpn.com> From: "Koster, K.J." To: "'mkes@ra.rockwell.com'" Cc: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Mircosoft doesn't sleep Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 17:05:43 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Dear All, > > Have you seen this - > http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2001/06/27/dotnet.html ? > > It looks like Sun's ignorance concerning support of Java on > BSD platforms opens opportunity for others. > This is interesting news, for sure. The problem with Microsoft's .net port to FreeBSD is going to be that a) you can only use it for non-commercial use (sounds like the GPL to me, but I'm no lawyer). The second problem is that very, very likely you'll need a Windows server in the area for the whole shebang to work. Unless, of course, you are insane enough to think that Microsoft is going to port active directory and ms sql server to FreeBSD as well. In any case, let's see what we have first; a c# compiler, or an official JDK. My money's on the latter, but I hope Sun sees it that way too. Kees Jan ================================================ You are only young once, but you can stay immature all your life. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message