From owner-freebsd-java Thu Aug 3 8:31:26 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from lodge.guild.ab.ca (lodge.guild.ab.ca [209.91.118.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C74637B9D8 for ; Thu, 3 Aug 2000 08:31:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from davidc@lodge.guild.ab.ca) Received: (from davidc@localhost) by lodge.guild.ab.ca (8.9.3/8.9.3) id JAA39396; Thu, 3 Aug 2000 09:31:01 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from davidc) Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 09:31:01 -0600 From: Chad David To: Nate Williams Cc: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linux JDK on FreeBSD (was Re: Alpha JDK 1.2.2 JPDA extension 1) Message-ID: <20000803093101.A39367@lodge.guild.ab.ca> References: <200008030637.OAA00807@netrinsics.com> <200008031443.IAA29638@nomad.yogotech.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.4i In-Reply-To: <200008031443.IAA29638@nomad.yogotech.com>; from nate@yogotech.com on Thu, Aug 03, 2000 at 08:43:00AM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > However, methinks you're a wee bit over the top with Java. Java is not > *nearly* as big as it was a couple years back. Sun screwed the pooch > with it's licensing issue, and Java 1.3 is still not supported well on > most platforms. Heck, for that matter, only *two* platforms have a > usable/stable JDK1.3 platform (and Linux isn't one of them, although it > has a 'beta' quality release). Is there a problem with the IBM 1.3 jdk on Linux. I don't use it, but a number of the developers here seem to like it... just wondering. Chad To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message