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On Sat, 24 Mar 2001 01:49:41 +0200, Yonatan Taub wrote:

> I've visited Sun's site and you can download Java for
> linux/Solaris/Windows.
> 
> Java also runs on Macintosh and Unix doesn't it?
> 
> Does that mean that Apple provides its own implementation
> of the JVM (does the same apply to Unix)?

Yes.  Sun provides an implementation for those three platforms, and 
other vendors provide implementations for other platforms.  There are 
also a number of other vendors that provide JVM implementations for 
Windows.  Most of these are ports of the Sun JVMs.  For example, SCO 
ports the Sun JVM to SCO Unix and Apple ports it to the Macintosh.  
Linux was in this category until fairly recently, when Sun took it on.

Note that Apple never did (and will not) provide a port of JDK 1.2.x.  
They support JDK 1.1.8 on OS 8 and OS 9, and OS X will have a port of 
JDK 1.3.  Since OS X is based on Unix, I would expect that they will 
support most if not all future JDK releases.

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Regards,

John McGrath [TeamB]

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