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Jonathan Kitchin wrote:
 
> >Ah, a ham radio operator on the internet.
> >A bit like a steam-engine enthusiast at a nuclear power station.
> 
> after seeing the rave in Linux Journal about Java i thought it might
> be the wave of the future

It might be, but the hype has confused a lot of people. There's no
point rewriting the kernel in Java, nor is it really possible yet.

  Or did you mean porting Linux to the Java Virtual Machine, so it
could run under Netscape? :)

Lets not confuse the language, the bytecode, and the virtual machine.
In theory you could write "java" applets for the web in COBOL. You'd
just need a COBOL bytecode compiler, and API. (its just theory!)

> in ham radio i get a kick out of getting a circuit to work
> computers are just the same insofar as i get a kick out of getting
> a program to compile and run

I must apologise and admit complete igonrance of moderm ham radio.
I promise to go read Terry Dawsons HOWTO
http://sunsite.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/HAM-HOWTO.html

> jonathan vk6tu