On Saturday 1 July 2000, at 1 h 18, the keyboard of John Leuner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I would rephrase it: if there is no Free Java solution ... > > then we should stop working with Java and start encouraging > > people to switch to another language. > > Java has such massive support, how could you just drop it like that? Do not be afraid of drastic decisions: Cobol has a much more massive support than Java and there is no support for it in Debian (and few people complain). Microsoft has a massive support, too and we still pretend our operating system is better. I see no reason why we should use Java just because Sun decreted we should. > There are other free Java projects on the go, the Japhar VM is undergoing > development and I am author of the kissme VM. My work is still x86 only, > but as the JVM gets more mature I see no reason why it would be difficult > to port to PPC. Let's see.
