[ Thanks to John Ross
for this link. ]
“By developing a Linux native version of Java, Linux will be
able to benefit from applications which have already been written
using the language. “Linux developers have a reason to smile
today, as we’ve executed on their requests to marry the Linux open
source operating system with a world-class development environment
— the Java 2 platform,” said George Paolini, vice president, Java
Community Development, Sun Microsystems in a statement released
today….”
“Sun Microsystems continues to see the future of Java in the
appliance market. In a similar fashion, Caldera System has focused
its energies away from the enterprise and consumer market to
aggressively work with Sun to release appliances running Caldera
OpenLinux and Java. “We strongly support and cheer Sun’s Linux Port
for the Java(TM) 2 Platform,” said Ransom Love, president and CEO
of Caldera Systems.”