Re: [aclug-L] Solaris

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bob Deep <bobd@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> > Oddly enough, there is a JDK 1.2 finished for Linux on the DEC Alpha
> > processor.
> 
> Really?  Then the X86 version should not be far behind, should it?

They were made by different groups.

There is a status of the x86 one on www.blackdown.org.  Apparently,
it's finished but doesn't yet completely pass JCK, and the contract
with Sun says that it must before it is released.

> I heard they where considering makeing Solaris "open source" of
> sorts...  It's getting interasting out there.

Indeed!  This follows only a few days on the heels of the similar Java
announcement, I believe.  I think that Solaris is a bigger step for
Sun, though.  I will really like it when Solaris becomes GPL'd.  It
does not currently qualify as Open Source, unfortunately.

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