Re: Java clarification please

[Theodore C. Belding]

On Thu, 9 Dec 1999, Paul Johnson wrote:

> 1. To a new visitor, this is really confusing.  How is the Blackdown JDK
> implementaiton from Sun's source code likely to be different from Sun's
> implementation?  Is one better?  

The Sun/Inprise version is based on Blackdown JDK 1.2.1; Sun neglected 
to acknowledge Blackdown in the announcement.

http://lwn.net/1999/1209/devel.phtml
http://lwn.net/daily/kbhjava.html
http://www.linuxgrrls.org/showstory.jsp?id=38
http://www.linuxgrrls.org/showstory.jsp?id=39
http://www.computerworld.com/home/news.nsf/all/9912083sunlinux

-Ted

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