On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 4:53 AM, Tim Ellison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That sounds cool Dave -- good luck with the project, and be sure to pass > on any bugs/successes you have with the Harmony code.
+1 Dave, Welcome to Harmony ;-) > > Regards, > Tim > > Dave wrote: >> Hi All, >> I just wanted to take a minute and bring your attention to an OSS project, >> based on Harmony, I recently started .... Ja.NET (www.janetdev.org). >> >> I am building a Java 5 JDK for .NET (i.e. Ja.NET SE), and I am using >> Harmony, along with other open source software (e.g. Eclipse compiler, >> Mono, etc.) as the basis for the work. The goal of the project is to >> create the development tools and libraries that will enable Java to become >> a "first class" development and runtime environment for .NET. The Ja.NET SE >> JDK project is the first thing I have kicked off. The hope is, at some >> point in the "very near future", :-), the Ja.NET SE JDK will give >> developers all the Java development tools they need to develop software in >> Java for the .NET platform. For example, the Java development tools would >> enable someone to take existing Java source code (e.g. Ant, Xerces, >> Eclipse, etc.) and easily build it, enhance it with new .NET specific >> features, integrate it with other .NET code and libraries (e.g. C#, VB.NET, >> WPF, etc.), and then ultimately use/run it on .NET. >> >> I'm making pretty good progress THANKS TO YOU and the great work you have >> done in building Harmony. Without your effort, I'd be a long way from where >> I am today! So here is a big THANK YOU for all your hard work and >> dedication to open source Java. >> >> I look forward to working with you where/when it makes sense, and hope that >> I can contribute in some small way to the success of Harmony in the >> future.... >> >> Best regards, >> >> -Dave >> > -- Tony Wu China Software Development Lab, IBM
