>I agree that OpenBeOS will need something like Java, I am wondering if >this should be a focus point at this moment in the project. Porting Java >to BeOS is a massive task, and there are plenty of other tasks that are >more important right now to be done. > >Would it not make more sense to get OpenBeOS up to the level that BeOS >is right now, and then start to think about porting Java? > >Just my two pence. I don't personally see that porting *any* application is part of an OS development process. I would certainly be willing to assist people who are doing so. But doing it under the OBOS umbrella really gains no one anything.