> On the lines of Java, why doesn't sun make Java for Linux on Sun?
Because Sun is at war with linux, just like Microsoft is at war with
linux. Sun Java for linux fits in with their plans about as much as
MS-Office-for-linux fits in with Microsoft's plans. Sun wants to sell
expensive Sparc machines running expensive Solaris. Cheap commodity
machines running free linux are eating their market alive, even moreso
than MS' market. It's *MUCH* easier to transition from a unix-based
Solaris to a unix-like linux than from Windows to linux.
This explanation doesn't fit with the fact Sun offers a free (beer) JVM for Linux on x86.
It would fit more if Sun offers JVM for Linux on SPARC... at least you would buy Sun hardware.
I think Linux/SPARC, just like Linux/PPC, is simply a too little niche worth the effort.
m.
