From owner-freebsd-java Thu Aug 3 8:34:50 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from ns.yogotech.com (ns.yogotech.com [206.127.123.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 215EB37BA1D for ; Thu, 3 Aug 2000 08:34:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nate@yogotech.com) Received: from nomad.yogotech.com (nomad.yogotech.com [206.127.123.131]) by ns.yogotech.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA12305; Thu, 3 Aug 2000 09:34:45 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from nate@nomad.yogotech.com) Received: (from nate@localhost) by nomad.yogotech.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA29957; Thu, 3 Aug 2000 09:34:16 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from nate) Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 09:34:16 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <200008031534.JAA29957@nomad.yogotech.com> From: Nate Williams MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Chad David Cc: Nate Williams , freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linux JDK on FreeBSD (was Re: Alpha JDK 1.2.2 JPDA extension 1) In-Reply-To: <20000803093101.A39367@lodge.guild.ab.ca> References: <200008030637.OAA00807@netrinsics.com> <200008031443.IAA29638@nomad.yogotech.com> <20000803093101.A39367@lodge.guild.ab.ca> X-Mailer: VM 6.34 under 19.16 "Lille" XEmacs Lucid Reply-To: nate@yogotech.com (Nate Williams) 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. IBM doesn't 'support' it AFAIK. It's more of a technology release than a supported product, and last I looked, they can make you quit using it at any time via their licensing scheme. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message