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Andy, does JRockit use the Sun ORB? I know IBM's doesn't. Matt Andy Piper wrote: > At 04:26 PM 10/26/2005, Rick McGuire wrote: > >> The most critical need right now is to have a replacement to the Sun >> ORB that would allow portability to other JVM impelementations. The >> lack of a full-function compliant ORB is the main factor locking >> Geronimo in to the Sun 1.4.2 JVM. >> I think the general view of the CORBA support is that of a "necessary >> evil". It is required for J2EE certifcation, but is not generally >> seen as critical to most Geronimo deployments. My personal view of >> the priorities is "get it working, get it portable". Issues such as >> additional uses or higher peformance are things to consider after the >> primary requirements are fullfilled. > > > Can I ask why portability is critical? Most VM's (with one notable > exception) use the Sun ORB so depending on it doesn't seem such a big > deal to me, especially if its a necessary evil. I agree support for J2SE > 5.0 is essential, but its pretty easy to write code that supports both > 1.4 and 5.0 ORBs. > > andy > > >
