On Mon, 2006-10-30 at 20:31 +1100, Paul Dwerryhouse wrote: > > But under which license? Probably the same as they open sourced solaris. > > Nothing from solaris can cross pollinate to linux without violating a > > license. (I always thought the GNU crowd were fanatics, but now I'm > > rethinking that stance.) > > Well, that doesn't stop you from /using/ an open-sourced Java on Linux > (although there could well be problems linking it with glibc). The main > issue with the Solaris licence is that it means that Solaris code can't > make it into the Linux kernel. For another take on this... Often I will install many different JVM's just so I can have the option to use the one that works best for the situation. I install them in /opt when I can and then use a collection of simlinks to pick and choose the JVM I want to use. -- Boring Home Page - http://www.webtrek.com/joe See my blog, sumo game ranks and other interesting junk
