Re: [DotGNU]Re: Support Java for .GNU

[Jeremy Petzold]

well, I would rather go with Mono then because Miguel
de Icaza has been worried that we are competing in
this area, I suspect we will end up going with Mono so
we do not end up in that situation, however, to get a
real pulse on that I suggest you ask Norbert Bollow as
he has addressed Miguel's concerns in an e-mail.

-Jeremy

--- Martin Coxall <address@hidden> wrote:
> > I am certainly no Java expert(can't write in
> it...yet :)  ) but I thought
> > that I herd of a clean room implementation of it
> already. can anyone verify
> > that?
> 
> You can have a clean(ish)-room implementation of a
> JVM (Kaffe) and Libraries 
> (GNU Classpath), but alas the bytecode
> specification, API specification and 
> the language specification are all "intellectual
> property" of Sun 
> Microsystems and encumbered by a bad licenses and
> foolish resistance to open 
> standardisation. Thus, Java would be an immoral and
> dangerous choice as the 
> base of dotGNU-arch.
> 
> BTW, I say this coming from the point of view of an
> experienced Java 
> developer, who know only too well the shortcomings
> of Java and Sun, and is 
> terrified that dotGNU plans to incorporate its flaws
> and legal baggage into 
> dotGNU. Please don't let that happen. Start with
> something open (Mono) or 
> Start Again From Scratch.
> 
> 
> ---
> Martin
> ---
> 
> "Where laughing and smiling are not allowed"
> 
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