“Just got back from the first day of JavaOne. I’m happy to
say that Sun sounds like they’re fairly serious about Linux
support. Lots of Linux visibility at the conference, several
talks and BOFs. The biggest news I heard is that Java 1.4
(“Merlin”) should be released simultaneously on Windows, Solaris,
and Linux. Yay! Pretty much all the standard J2SE and J2EE stuff
should be coming out for Linux, including Hotspot (client &
server), Java plug-in, etc….”
“Caldera is a Java source licensee and is doing their own ports.
Mandrake will distributed Java with next release. Sun is working
with LinuxCare for support on portability, optimization. They have
no plans to compromise on SCSL to be more GPL friendly. Plenty of
props and respect paid to Blackdown. An explicit apology about the
gaffe on Sun’s first Java 1.2 release with Inprise. They also
indicated a continuing relationship with Blackdown, particularly
for porting optional packages.”