Re: IBM? hahhaha! I say we do it anyway!

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• Subject: Re: IBM? hahhaha! I say we do it anyway!
• From: guy@apple.com (Guy McIlroy)
• Date: Tue, 12 Sep 95 02:14:30 -0700
• Reply-to: sl65r@hyrum.declab.usu.edu (OS/2 Java Porting List)

>/> on ibm, i'm happy to do a port anyway - even if released it would seem
>/> unlikely to me that the ibm version will be released with source... more
>/> likely that it would be released as a commercial product - this is
>/> re-enforced by their 'clean-room' approach.
>/
>/Yeah, that was kinda my impression.. the only reason for doing a clean-room
>/approach is if you're planning to sell it and don't want to pay royalties to
>/Sun..
>
>Even if IBM has theirs done now, we'd have ours on hobbes before
>ibm gets theirs out the door.  Besides, I wouldn't mind doing it
>just for the experience.  Hypothetical question:  "Do you know
>Java?"  Our answer:  "Well, I ported it to OS/2!"  :)
>
>
>Paul

hehehe.... a man after my own heart....:-)

-guy =:)

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