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Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:56:00 -0800
From: Greg Lewis <glewis@eyesbeyond.com>
To: Super Bisquit <superbisquit@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: More information regarding FreeBSD PowerPC and Java binaries.
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On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 04:58:49PM -0500, Super Bisquit wrote:
> https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/groups/service/forum/topicThread?topicUuid=c8658b21-22c8-47bd-b224-f439d0911d42&communityUuid=fe313521-2e95-46f2-817d-44a4f27eba32&page=&ps=
> 
> The link may help out more.

At one point OpenJDK 7 worked on Mac OS X/Power PC using the Zero VM.  I
don't think anyone has touched it for a while, but that seems like a more
likely base than an entirely new port.  FWIW.  You should naturally work
on whatever sparks your interest, I'm just pointing out that I think you're
signing up for considerably more work going this way.

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