From owner-java@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 19 14:30:27 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id OAA26098 for java-outgoing; Fri, 19 Dec 1997 14:30:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-java@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from hyperreal.org (taz.hyperreal.org [204.62.130.147]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id OAA26071 for ; Fri, 19 Dec 1997 14:30:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@organic.com) Received: (qmail 8143 invoked from network); 19 Dec 1997 22:30:15 -0000 Received: from localhost.hyperreal.org (HELO brianb.organic.com) (127.0.0.1) by localhost.hyperreal.org with SMTP; 19 Dec 1997 22:30:15 -0000 Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19971219142454.0090b9c0@localhost> X-Sender: brian@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.3 (32) Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 14:24:54 -0800 To: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG From: Brian Behlendorf Subject: JDK 1.2b2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk >X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.1 (32) >Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 11:31:50 -0500 >From: JDCBulletin@web2.javasoft.com >Subject: JDC Bulletin > > >Welcome to the Java(sm) Developer Connection(sm) Bulletin > > >JDK(tm) 1.2 BETA 2 EARLY ACCESS RELEASE now available. JDK 1.2 brings new >functionality to areas including Java 2D, accessibility, drag and drop, >application services, Java(tm) extensions framework, collections, input >methods, version identification, reference objects, Java interface >definition language (IDL), Java Virtual Machine Debugger Interface (JVMDI), >Java servlets, and Javadoc doclets. > >Major enhancements have also been added to JavaBeans(tm) components, Java >Security, Java Remote Method Invocation (RMI), object serialization, Java >Sound, Java Database Connectivity (JDBC(tm)), reflection, Java ARchive >(JAR), and Java Native Interface (JNI). Performance enhancements include: >Solaris(tm) native thread support, memory compression for loaded classes, >faster memory allocation and garbage collection, monitor speedups, and >native library JNI port. > >QUESTIONS? To get your questions about JDK 1.2 Beta 2 answered as quickly >as possible, follow these steps: > >1. Read the JDK 1.2 README file. To find the file, use this address: > >http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/preview/README > >2. Search for JDK 1.2 on the JDC. To search, use this address: > >http://java.sun.com/jdc/techDocs/knowledgebase.html > >3. Read the JDK 1.2 DukeDollars newsgroups, especially the JDK 1.2 >newsgroup, which are probably the quickest way to get your individual >questions answered. To access the newsgroups, use the following address >and click the GroupReader Applet on the JDC Applet Toolbar: > > >http://java.sun.com/jdc/toolbar.shtml > > >COMMENTS SUGGESTIONS? If you have comments or suggestions about JDK 1.2 >Beta 2, send them via email to the addresses given below. We read each >message, but because of the large volume of mail we receive, we can't >respond individually to each one. > > >Note: Please don't use these addresses to ask technical questions or >request programming assistance. > > >1. The most direct way to reach an engineering team is to write to the >team whose email address is listed at the bottom of the corresponding home >page in the JDK documentation. For example, to send comments to the Swing >team, go to the following location and use the email address at the bottom >of the page: > >http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.2/docs/guide/swing/index.html > > >2. If the area you have a comment or suggestion about doesn't seem to have >an email address, send a message to: > >jdk-comments@java.sun.com > >. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >-- EDITOR'S NOTE -- > >The names on the JDC mailing list are used for internal Sun Microsystems >purposes only. To remove your name from the list, see >SUBSCRIBE/UNSUBSCRIBE below. > >-- FEEDBACK -- > >Comments? Send your feedback on JDC Email to: > >JDCBulletin@Sun.com > >-- SUBSCRIBE/UNSUBSCRIBE -- > >If you want to unsubscribe from JDC Email, sign in to the JDC. Then click >"Change account information." Type your password, and uncheck the box at >the end of the form that says "It's okay to send me JDC Email." The JDC >sign-in address is: > >http://java.sun.com/jdc > >-- COPYRIGHT -- > >Copyright Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. >901 San Antonio road, Palo Alto, California 94303 USA > >This document is protected by copyright. For more information, see: > >http://developer.javasoft.com/developer/copyright.html > > >List management and distribution by The Email Channel, a division of FDDS >Inc. For more information, send email to fdds@fdds.com. > >JDC Bulletin >December 18, 19 --=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-- specialization is for insects brian@organic.com