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Any redhat people around?
- From: Mark Wielaard <mark at klomp dot org>
- To: java at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: 23 Jun 2003 23:00:42 +0200
- Subject: Any redhat people around?
Hi,
Since I know that there are some RedHat people on this list I wondered
if some of them knew some more about the following:
http://www.computerwire.info/brnews/448B94DB6CEB5D0B80256D4B003C37ED
Red Hat Inc is in discussions with Sun Microsystems Inc about
launching an open source version of Sun's Java environment,
according to Red Hat chairman and CEO Matthew Szulik.
[...]
Szulik said that Red Hat has been working for five years on open
source versions of Java technologies such as Just In Time
compilers and Java Virtual Machines in a clean room environment,
and has requested the sponsorship of Sun to go ahead with the
full-scale project.
[...]
Szulik said that discussions between Red Hat and Sun had reached
a "very serious stage", but he would not estimate a timeline for
the delivery of an open source version of Java.
[...]
But then again we have heard this since 1996. (Anybody remember JOLT?)
Cheers,
Mark