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Re: Intent to Package: Mozilla, Japhar, and Classpath




	If you allow me, I want to offer some help with these packages.

	What you say?

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Aldenor Falcao Martins, M Sc
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On Mon, 15 Mar 1999, Brent Fulgham wrote:

> I intend to package a trio of projects that will combine to create a free
> web browser implementation.
> 
> 1.  Mozilla-- the Netscape-based web browser, now using GTK/themes.
> Currently builds and nearly works.  Will upload when it's reasonably stable.
> 
> 2.  Japhar-- The free java virtual machine.  This is another JVM, written by
> one of the Hungry.com guys.  He was also a Netscape employee, so Japhar has
> the distinction of being the only free JVM that supports netscape's JVM
> interface.  It is a mostly complete Java 1.2 implementation.
> 
> 3.  Classpath -- Free implementation of Java's base java classes.  These are
> the java classes that reside in the "java.sun.*" and "java.sys.*" heirarchy.
> Classpath development has been proceeding in step with Japhar, and the two
> now work together.
> 
> Obviously, Japhar and Classpath will not provide the high performance of
> kaffe's JVM (yet), but they do provide an entirely free alternative to Sun's
> proprietary system.  AFAIK, even Kaffe requires the use of Sun's base
> classes.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -Brent
> 
> 
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