On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 10:48:51AM -0700, Bill Studenmund wrote:
> 
> The main issue is that Sun doesn't allow redistribution of Java, except 
> with permission. They have previously not considered requests to permit 
> Java releases for NetBSD, so we end up using ones from Linux.

is this something that a petition might help with?  i'd be willing to front
such a task.  this is an absolutely retarded situation and sun really needs
to get their head out of their you know over this.

if *I* was sun, writing the super-cross-platform-language *I* would want to see
it ported to EVERY OS EVER.  bah, suits.

-brian
-- 
"Perl can be fast and elegant as much as J2EE can be fast and elegant.
In the hands of a skilled artisan, it can and does happen; it's just
that most of the shit out there is built by people who'd be better
suited to making sure that my burger is cooked thoroughly."  -- Jonathan Patschke