GNU Java vs. Sun Java: What's the difference, what is better?

[Tommy Trussell]

On 12/28/06, Gilles Gravier <Gilles at gravier.org> wrote:
> In any case (and particularly now that we've open-sourced it) I
> recommend going for Java 1.6 from Sun
> (http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp), either in source
> form... or in binary form. In any case, it's GPLed and will fit nicely
> next to a Linux kernel.

Will there ever be a SUN binary package for PowerPC? Alternatively, do
you know whether the source will easily compile on non Intel
architectures?