[openbeos] Re: our own language -- sure

  • From: "Michael Phipps" <mphipps1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 20:18:53 -0500

>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.


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