Dear Tom Indeed this is a intresting question! But to conclude from the enormous echo on this list, you might repost it on the RedHat AXP list: There are some people who might could answer this... Greetings, Adrian. BTW: Does anybody know why Blackdown doesn't do a release for Alphas? Is it complicated to compile the Blackdown Java for Alpha? (Answering to Tom Vier <tmv@comcast.net> on Wed, 10 Sep 2003 18:31:56 -0400.)