Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 08:58:28 -0600 (MDT) From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: didier@omnix.fr.org Cc: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: JDK 1.02 Message-ID: <199608231458.IAA06653@rocky.mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960823091235.15974B-100000@zapata.omnix.fr.org> References: <199608222354.RAA04123@rocky.mt.sri.com> <Pine.BSF.3.91.960823091235.15974B-100000@zapata.omnix.fr.org>
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> > And given Sun's recent 'attitude' regarding Java, there is *very* little > > chance of one happening. Sun is getting very propriatary (sp?) about > > Java, and the Linux developers were forced to remove their port of the > > JDK from ftp sites after being 'contacted' by Sun's lawyers. > > I dont like sun's attitude but I think that's impossible to ignore java. > there are probably many possibilities but I'm not sure of the right one > > there are several questions > > - is kaffe able to totally replace the native java ? > (I heard many horrible about kaffe) Not yet. > - is it possible to write a x86 solaris emulator for FreeBSD ? It's always possible, but probable? I don't see any volunteers jumping up and down trying to do it, are you willing to do it? > - are there any possibilities to only distributes the patch to the original > source file for java (with no line of the original sdk file in the diffs) Doubtful. Nate
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