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To: Adrian Chadd <adrian@obiwan.aceonline.com.au>
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Subject: Re: Java binary support in FreeBSD ... 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 11 Jan 1996 08:04:55 +0800."
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Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997 06:43:45 -0800
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> Remember - users don't want to know half the time how things work. They
> just want it to. :) If a user sees in a blurb that FreeBSD supports
> executing java "binaries" when you add the jdk package/port, they'll say
> "wow!".
> 
> Just another crazy idea.

Well, go do it and then come back with your proof-of-concept for us to
comment on.  Anything else is just blue-sky dreaming, and we've got
more than enough of that to last us through the remainder of this
century. :-)

					Jordan