Has anyone got any thoughts on the possibility of making naively executable jars on Linux?
This is done on Windows through the file extensions mechanism. On Solairis they use magic numbers picked up by the kernel AFAIK. I guess a Linux implementation will require some kernel work too. I believe this might help usability a bit on Linux. It just occurs to me that an Open Source Java has a hell of a greater chance of working with the Kernel guys / Linus than Sun might ever have. Another point for harmony :). Gerry -- Gerry Steele
