Re: Next steps for GNU Classpath

Andïï <[email protected]> Tue, 16 Sep 2014 20:56:09 +0100

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On 16 September 2014 17:01, Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Bill,
>
> 2014-09-16 17:47 GMT+02:00 Bill Chatfield <[email protected]>:
>> OpenJDK is Linux-only. It does not work on Windows. This defeats the purpose of Java of being cross-platform. You might say that Windows has Oracle's Java, but it is not GPLed. It cannot be redistributed or bundled with an app. It is huge and copyrighted. When you install it, it tries to screw you over by installing the Ask Toolbar. These are problems that GCJ does not have.
>
> Just came across this which may address some of these concerns:
>
> http://www.azulsystems.com/products/zulu
>
> --
> Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia
> [email protected]

That's an interesting site I haven't seen before. It claims to offer
OpenJDK 6 u42, u47, u49 and u53. However, there is no such thing.
-- 
Andii :-)