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  • Apache group to begin work on open source **full** Java implementation

    05/08/2005 9:24:53 PM PDT · by ILurkedIRegisteredIPosted · 6 replies · 357+ views
    Apache mailing list ^ | 5/6/2005 | Geir Magnusson Jr.
    Project Harmony =============== Motivation ---------- There is a clear need for an open-source version of Java 2, Standard Edition (J2SE) runtime platform, and there are many ongoing efforts to produce solutions (Kaffe, Classpath, etc). There are also efforts that provide alternative approaches to execution of Java bytecode (GCJ and IKVM). All of these efforts provide a diversity of solutions, which is healthy, but barriers exist which prevent these efforts from reaching a greater potential. Proposal -------- We propose that we create a new Apache project, Harmony, that will achieve the following goals : 1) create a Compatible, independent implementation of...