On Fri, 23 Oct 1998, Steve Byrne wrote:
> John Summerfield writes:
> > On Fri, 23 Oct 1998, Baron Roberts wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > I just read the java-linux FAQ but need to get a
> > > bit more clarification. As of today, does Sun/JavaSoft
> > > officially support Java and its APIs on Linux? I
> >
> > No
>
> John is speaking from his knowledge, which is understandably
> not correct, as we haven't advertized the fact until now that
> Sun has licensed the JDK 1.2 pre-release sources to the porting
> team and that we are starting to work with the 1.2 port. Being a
> full licensee (just like IBM or that other large company) means that
> we have full access to the JDK sources, updated on a regular basis,
> as well as the Java Compatibility Kit, so that we can validate that
> the Linux port is 100% Java Compatible.
I maintain my earlier statement: Sun does not support the API on Linux,
just as Sun does not support in on OS/2.
Anyone with a problem specific to the Linux implementation should NOT
report their problems to Sun. An example of a problem Sun would not want to
hear about: "My program dumps core when..."
otoh if you try to extend StreamTokenizer and find something in ints
implementaion is spastic, tell Sun.
Of course, the porting team has special access. It's fair to say that Sun
welcomes Java on Linux: it's politically to Sun's advantage to jave
bog-standard Java on as many platforms as possible.
I imagine Sun sees commercial advantage too: the more java apps there are,
the more software there is that runs on Sun boxes.
Cheers
John Summerfield
http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support.
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