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Date:      Wed, 5 Nov 2003 13:01:54 +0200
From:      Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net>
To:        David Bullock <db@dawnbreaks.net>
Cc:        freebsd-java@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Tip for Intellij IDEA 3.0.5v2 with 1.4.1-p3^H4
Message-ID:  <20031105110154.GU73736@starjuice.net>
In-Reply-To: <20031105205702.T32563-100000@arwen.lorien.dawnbreaks.net>
References:  <20031105091212.GK73736@starjuice.net> <20031105205702.T32563-100000@arwen.lorien.dawnbreaks.net>

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On (2003/11/05 21:29), David Bullock wrote:

> Well, I'm the president of the Australian Java User's group,
> and while I can't promise anything, I'd be very happy to hear
> of things that would speed this development along, to see what
> I could do.  Especially with the recent aspersions on the Linux
> codebase by SCO (not that they have much substance), it seems
> extremely important that FreeBSD be there with a good JVM as an
> alternative.

I believe that basing any course of FreeBSD-related action on SCO's
recent Linux silliness would be a bad idea; SCO's going nowhere with
that.

> I can well imagine that having access to quick compiling machine
> would be a basic need (mine's nothing special, BTW, just an Athlon
> XP 1800 with little else to do).  The FreeBSD foundation don't
> exactly say what they're already doing, planning to do, and how
> well aligned their actuals and their budget is, so it is hard to
> know how to contribute.

That's a fair comment.

Greg, is it possible to open up the schedule of the BSD Java Porting
Team to the public?

Ciao,
Sheldon.



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