Starting with freebsd

[Phil Helms]

Thanks for the information.

Your answer raises a concern.  Once Java is ported to FreeBSD, what's to 
prevent it falling behind, like on Apple's OS?

Ian G wrote:
> Phil Helms wrote:
> 
>> If it's Sun's fault, why does Linux have Java?
> 
> 
> More resources.  The 'blackdown' group has enough
> resources (including help from companies that sell
> Linux) to run through the very very big and complex
> suite of tests that Sun impose on any Java distro.
> There appears to be more work in getting through
> the tests and getting it formally accepted by Sun
> than there is in just porting the product, so Java
> is really only pushed by Sun on Linux, Microsoft.
> 
> It's all part of the "write once, run anywhere"
> policy which basically backfires on them.  You'll
> notice that Apple has a lot of trouble keeping up
> as well, and even the Solaris platform lags at times.
> 
> iang
> 
> 

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