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 pur=
pose 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 yo=
u 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.
--=20
Andii :-)