Interactive Week: IBM Announces JVM For Linux

"IBM announced yesterday that it has made available a Java Virtual Machine and other Java tools for Linux on its alphaWorks Web site."

"Located at www.alphaworks.com/tech/linuxjvm, the Virtual Machine is available for free download. The JVM is based on the same speedy model that IBM earlier claimed was the fastest available under Microsoft's Windows operating system. Both Windows and Linux run on Intel hardware. The availability of a JVM for Linux was predicted by IBM officials as likely to increase the use of the open source operating system for Java development."

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