RE: Java in Windows on X

["John Morrison" <john dot r dot morrison at ntlworld dot com>]

Ooh, if you need anyone to help test! I will!  I've
been wanting somebody to do this since I started cygwin
and Java development!

> From: Nicholas Wourms
>
> Well, I can't make any promises, but I've been kicking around the
> notion of porting the Sun Community Sources version of java to
> Cygwin/XFree.  Currently, my first hurdle is to get OpenMOTIF fully
> ported, as the jdk won't compile with lesstif.  There are some
> licensing issues regarding that, but I really don't give a damn what
> the Open Group says.  So, once that's done, then comes the hard part.
>  We'll see how far along cygwin's threading capabilities are, as that
> is probably the most worrisome aspect.  Currently, there has been
> much work done in progressing sysV IPC, so when the time comes it
> should be ready to roll.  Hopefully I can get a useful vm out of it,
> but it's really just for fun.  Anyhow, swing and awt support is just
> plain dreadful, if not non-existent, in the various gpl'd vms.  So, I
> don't need to be reminded about them, because they are frankly
> useless.  Since I'm not about to write the X11 interface from the
> ground up, I figure this would be the best bet.  Besides, who knows,
> if this is successful I might submit my build to Sun and see if
> they'll allow redistribution.
> 
> Cheers,
> Nicholas