From owner-freebsd-java Sat Oct 24 20:38:57 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA01730 for freebsd-java-outgoing; Sat, 24 Oct 1998 20:38:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from WEBBSD1.turnaround.com.au (webbsd1.turnaround.com.au [203.39.138.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA01725 for ; Sat, 24 Oct 1998 20:38:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from J_Shevland@TurnAround.com.au) Received: from TurnAround.com.au (dhcp72.turnaround.com.au [192.168.1.72]) by WEBBSD1.turnaround.com.au (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA16611; Sun, 25 Oct 1998 14:41:23 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from J_Shevland@TurnAround.com.au) Message-ID: <36329CFA.FCAA8DBD@TurnAround.com.au> Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 14:37:30 +1100 From: Joe Shevland Organization: TurnAround Solutions Pty. Ltd. X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.06 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gregory D Lewis CC: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: JDK 1.2 and JCK 1.2 licensed to Linux porting team References: <199810250313.NAA04395@spam.maths.adelaide.edu.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Gregory D Lewis wrote: > > Saw the following article via a pointer on slashdot. The article itself is at > > http://www.lwn.net/daily/java.html > > and reads: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 18:54:28 -0700 > To: lwn@lwn.net > From: Steve Byrne > Subject: Sun licenses JDK 1.2 source code to Linux porting team > > Sun has licensed the Linux Java porting team to have access to the > 1.2 source base, and the 1.2 Java Compatibility Kit test suite. > This puts the Linux porting team on an equal footing with all of > the other commerical source licensees of the JDK, in terms of > being able to validate and certify that the Linux port is > 100% Java Compatible (which apparently the Microsoft JDK > still isn't). > > The porting effort itself is quite far along, with most features > already working. A couple of areas (audio, and the color matching > system) are still in need of being ported, but the rest of the > system is working. > > Personally, I'm really excited about this change in Sun's attitude > towards the Linux community. They've been working behind the scenes > trying to make the source code and JCK available for many months now, and > now they are. They've also loaned some hardware to the porting team to > help ensure that Linux JDK runs (and runs well) on as many Linux platforms > as possible. > > I think that JDK 1.2 will have significant impact on the > popularity of Java, and I'm very happy that I can be a part of > making it a reality on the Linux platform in a timely manner. > > [Please direct any correspondence to my home address: sbb@gnu.org] > > Steve > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > It'd be nice if a similar thing could happen in terms of FreeBSD too! > > -- I couldn't agree more. I think 1.2 is set to be the big turning point for acceptance of Java. -- ======================================================= Joe Shevland TurnAround Solutions Pty. Ltd. Senior Consultant J_Shevland@TurnAround.com.au Voice (03) 6224 9146 ShevlandJ@Netscape.net -- FreeBSD - The Power to Serve ======================================================= To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message