Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 16:37:27 +0100 From: Ernst de Haan <ernst@jollem.com> To: Michael Robinson <robinson@netrinsics.com> Cc: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Demand for native FreeBSD Java (was: RE: OpenJIT problem) Message-ID: <20001216163727.B64430@c187104187.telekabel.chello.nl> In-Reply-To: <200012161434.eBGEYJY26457@netrinsics.com>; from robinson@netrinsics.com on Sat, Dec 16, 2000 at 10:34:19PM %2B0800 References: <200012161434.eBGEYJY26457@netrinsics.com>
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Well, I just added myself, with USD 300 as the amount I would like to spend. Perhaps there are other who are willing to do the same? I myself did not know of the existence of that page, so don't blame others for things they don't know. Ernst Michael Robinson wrote: > Ernst de Haan writes: > >Considering the number of requests for a FreeBSD JDK from Sun, I would not be > >surprised to see a 1.4 for FreeBSD within a few months after they released the > >Linux version. > > Right now, there are 3767 votes for a official Sun FreeBSD JDK on the > developer connection. However, in the last two months, only two people > (besides myself) have expressed any interest at all in providing any sort > of financial support for a native JDK port: > > http://www.cosource.com/cgi-bin/cos.pl/wish/info/380 > > So, basically, in the FreeBSD Java universe, there are about three people > willing to do the work, about three people willing to pay for the work, and > several thousand finger and toe crossers. Sun isn't going to commit any of > their own resources to such a project. > > In the rather likely event that current conditions persist, FreeBSD will get > a native 1.3 JDK sometime around mid-2002, and a 1.4 port sometime in 2003. > > -Michael Robinson > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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