From owner-freebsd-java Sat Dec 16 7:38:20 2000 From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 16 07:38:18 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from heinz.jollem.com (c104187.upc-c.chello.nl [212.187.104.187]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E97737B400 for ; Sat, 16 Dec 2000 07:38:17 -0800 (PST) Received: (from ernst@localhost) by heinz.jollem.com (8.11.1/8.9.3) id eBGFbR064449; Sat, 16 Dec 2000 16:37:27 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ernst) Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 16:37:27 +0100 From: Ernst de Haan To: Michael Robinson Cc: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Demand for native FreeBSD Java (was: RE: OpenJIT problem) Message-ID: <20001216163727.B64430@c187104187.telekabel.chello.nl> References: <200012161434.eBGEYJY26457@netrinsics.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <200012161434.eBGEYJY26457@netrinsics.com>; from robinson@netrinsics.com on Sat, Dec 16, 2000 at 10:34:19PM +0800 Sender: ernst@heinz.jollem.com Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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