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List:       linux-java
Subject:    Re: Off topic question..
From:       "C. Scott Ananian" <cananian () lesser-magoo ! lcs ! mit ! edu>
Date:       1999-03-05 21:15:44
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On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Ron Resnick wrote:

[...]
> Now, none of that has any bearing on the original question
> of course, ie - would they use blackdown as their point
> of departure for Linux-based Java efforts. My own guess,
> like Nathan's, is that they would. After all, why on
> earth not?? It is the "official" Linux JDK. (What is the
> status of the Open Group Java/Linux effort? Is that still
> going on?)
> 
> BTW - similar comments apply to Oracle. They've embedded
> a VM, again based on Sun code, into O8i. They're now
> releasing O8i onto Linux. My guess is that they would
> do some kind of merge of their own efforts with blackdown.

Um, this is very unlikely with respect to Oracle.  Oracle has written
their own VM completely from scratch to address integration and
scalability issues specific to Oracle.  They place a very high premium on
cross-platform compatibility when writing their code, as Oracle has ports
running on a gazillion (moreof less) different platforms.  I don't doubt
that their VM needs minimal porting to Linux and I highly doubt that they
would be inclined to use Blackdown's VM instead.
  --Scott
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