From owner-freebsd-java Fri Mar 1 1:38:17 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from l04.research.kpn.com (l04.research.kpn.com [139.63.192.204]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0692437B400 for ; Fri, 1 Mar 2002 01:38:14 -0800 (PST) Received: by l04.research.kpn.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id <1Z1F8DPD>; Fri, 1 Mar 2002 10:38:12 +0100 Message-ID: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E452205FDA3CC@l04.research.kpn.com> From: "Koster, K.J." To: 'Mikhail Kruk' Cc: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Ugrade from linux-jdk to native Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 10:38:11 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Dear Mikhail, > > > HP has written an HP9000 emu that runs code faster than the > > host it runs > > on(!). I believe it's arstechnica.com that had an article > > on this. Slashdot > > carries a few references to articles, but I have no time to > > search for them. > > I saw a benchmarking applet which runs 2.5 times faster under > Internet > Explorer under Virtual PC running on MacOS X than in the > native appletveiwer running on the same MacOS X. There is something > deeply disturbing about this. > Is there? Microsoft's Java VM has always been one of the best, if not the very best. The MacOS X port is brand new. Of course Microsoft had to go into that childish fight over world dominition with Sun. Am I the only one who gets images of children squabbeling over candy when they read articles about Microsoft and Sun? People don't actually grow up. They just get bigger. Kees Jan ===================================================== You can't have everything. Where would you put it? [Steven Wright] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message