IBM to open source a Java Runtime environment?

[Mark Shuttleworth]

This would be a great step for the open source world, and particularly 
for Ubuntu given our requirement that apps be absolutely open source to 
make it into the main component. Please holler if you learn more!

Matt Zimmerman wrote:

>On Sat, Nov 27, 2004 at 11:45:29AM -0800, Daniel Robitaille wrote:
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>>http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=1817&e=1&u=/zd/20041126/tc_zd/139971&sid=96120751
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>>"especially when IBM's intention to release a fully open-source JRE
>>(Java Runtime Environment) and class libraries within the next year or
>>so is about the worst-kept secret in the industry. IBM executives
>>scarcely even bother to deny this any more," Raymond wrote."
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>>Obviously I'm not an industry insider since It's the first I have heard of it :)
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>This is the first I've heard of it, but I don't follow Java happenings very
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>This would be fantistic news, especially for Ubuntu, if true.
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>>Should try to promote more the IBM's jre instead of Sun's  jre for
>>Ubuntu on the mailing list when users ask about Java?  It could be
>>good on the long run as a way to promote a soon-to-be-open option. And
>>in a few tests I have done on my x86 machine the IBM java plugin
>>visually gives better results (for the fonts) than the Sun Java plugin
>>in Firefox.
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>IBM's proprietary JRE is already in many ways superior to Sun's; it's the
>system of choice for the server-side Java developers I know.
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