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Date:      Tue, 3 Nov 1998 21:04:26 -0500 (EST)
From:      Gunther Schadow <gunther@aurora.rg.iupui.edu>
To:        dap@damon.com, sbb@freegate.com
Cc:        freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG, gunther@aurora.rg.iupui.edu, patrick@cre8tivegroup.com
Subject:   Re: Sun Ports JDK to Linux
Message-ID:  <199811040204.VAA09899@aurora.rg.iupui.edu>

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> "Steve Byrne sez: "
> > 
> > Here's something that may make "flawless Linux binary compatibility"
> > tricky: the JDK 1.2 on Linux is using native threads, which are implemented
> > on top of LinuxThreads, which are kernel supported threads.  You'd need
>
> This flawless linux compatability must be what makes my netscape (all verions
> I've tried) regularly dump core with EMT trap!
>
> I don't want to rag on FreeBSD.  I am sad to see freeBSD fall behind.
> Particularly linux.  However, I kept running into reasons why I should
> consider linux, and finally overcame my resistance.

Even the native FreeBSD Netscape dumps core every now and then. I
would think that the Netscape program has some errors, couldn't that
be the reason?

regards
-Gunther


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