From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Dec 7 19:18:37 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA29145 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 19:18:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from Loki.orland.u91.k12.me.us (Loki.orland.u91.k12.me.us [169.244.111.67]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA29140 for ; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 19:18:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from netmonger@genesis.ispace.com) Received: from celeris (56k-port4010.ime.net [209.90.195.20]) by Loki.orland.u91.k12.me.us (8.9.1/8.8.8-Loki) with SMTP id WAA09746; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 22:18:24 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from netmonger@genesis.ispace.com) X-Server-ID: Loki.orland.u91.k12.me.us, OCSNet - Orland Maine USA X-Coord-Name: Drew "Droobie" Baxter, OneNetwork Exchange X-Coord-Addr: Droobie@Openlink.orland.me.us X-Coord-Pager: USA: 207-471-2719, http://pagedroo.orland.me.us Message-Id: <4.1.19981207221250.00bcda30@genesis.ispace.com> X-Sender: netmonger@genesis.ispace.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Mon, 07 Dec 1998 22:17:04 -0500 To: "Jason C. Wells" , FreeBSD-chat From: Drew Baxter Subject: Re: IBM Java Compiler In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 07:11 PM 12/7/98 -0800, Jason C. Wells wrote: >In case anyone doesn't read slashdot, IBM released it's source for it's >Jikes compiler. I don't know jack err java but this sounds like a cool >deal. > >This is entry number two for IBM into the Open Source foray. They have >adopted Apache and now have released a previously proprietary piece of >software. > >Wouldn't it be poetic if free software along with supportive companies >like IBM dethrone MS. :) > >This smells like a win for free software. Big Blue has not only endorsed >free software by using Apache but it gave a big chunk back in this >compiler. Is this as big a deal as I think it is? > >Does the availability of this software help FreeBSD java efforts? I gotta say, this is definitely a good plus for the OSS cause. I think you'll find that since OS/2 flops pretty hard because of the whole Microsoft thing, that maybe this is a new lead by IBM. I don't see them releasing the source of AIX or anything, but this is above the call of duty certainly. Didn't know they hold tabs on Apache though. I will say on a personal note that my Apache server (Running 19 vservs on a PII-333 FreeBSD box) flies by comparison of the NT 4 Workstation that was running comparable software. Now our web-mail frontend is handled by the FreeBSD box, and just the Netscape Directory Server and Messaging Server crapola is handled by the NT Workstation.. I look at that NT machine though and just have to say "What a waste of a 128mb PII-333"... --- Drew "Droobie" Baxter Network Admin/Professional Computer Nerd(TM) OneEX: The OneNetwork Exchange, Bangor Maine USA http://www.droo.orland.me.us PGP ID: 409A1F7D To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message