At 09:29 AM 5/10/2005, Gervas Douglas wrote:
><<The Apache Foundation has proposed creating an open-source version
>of Java on the desktop, a plan that Sun Microsystems has initially
>welcomed.
>
>Project Harmony, which was formally proposed Friday, aims to write
>from scratch the software, called Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE), that
>is needed to run Java programs on desktop PCs.
>
>The project was proposed by members of Apache--the foundation behind
>several popular open-source products--and other individuals involved
>in Java development. The submitters plan to create a Java virtual
>machine, related "libraries" and testing software--all of which would
>be available under the Apache open-source license.
>
>If accepted, the project would create something that open-source
>developers and others have demanded for years but that Sun has resisted.
>
>Sun is the primary author of J2SE and provides testing tools and a
>reference implementation to ensure compatibility among different Java
>software licensees. The company has not made its own J2SE software
>available with an open-source license because of legal considerations
>and customers' concerns with Java compatibility.>>

Thanks for the heads-up Gervas. I wonder how another version of Java is
going to resolve "customers' concerns with Java compatibility" be they
real, imagined or conspired? Are they going to include #iifdef style
compiler flow control to "help"?

So many questions..... so little time.

Cheers