Nelson Minar wrote:
> >IMHO, the ideal situation would be for Sun to support Linux as one of
> >its primary platforms. I don't understand why Sun does not.
>
> I don't understand why Sun doesn't support Linux either, either as a
> platform for Java or better still, an OS for their hardware. SGI has
> recently woken up and realized there's no value in maintaining a
> proprietary Unix anymore. They've just about dumped Irix entirely, are
> becoming a Linux company. Maybe this transition is still too painful
> for Sun.
actually this is a go1
they are planning porting alias/wavefront and maya too
>
>
> >Some times I wonder if the Linux community cares about Java
> >availability. (Real men use Perl)
>
yah exactly, and there is no compile and test!
just test, plus perl 5.6 is goona be king, for xml it will be there
in fact the dev release 5.005_60 does it already
>
> I think many Linux principles, especially the kernel and glibc types,
> don't care about Java at all. Java is in some ways antithetical to
> Linux - it's slow, bulky, and has nothing to do with hacking hardware.
> And it's not Free in almost every sense. There's no surprise there's a
> bit of friction.
>
> >Linux is the perfect platform for hosting application servers
>
> Linux is also a perfect plaftform for high-end embedded systems. We're
> still waiting to hear what Sun's plans for that are. They've finally
> addressed the low-end somewhat with KVM, but they have no OS to run on
> higher end things. If you believe their hype about Jini, Linux very
> neatly fills a niche.
>
just wait to mod_java comes out!!
>
> Maybe things will change now that Baratz has left.
>
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