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Mono+Ikvm Runs Eclipse

Posted by timothy on from the lovely-free-software dept.

miguel writes "Today Zoltan Varga announced that he got Eclipse running on Mono using the open source IKVM Java virtual machine for .NET by Jeroen Frijters. This is the first time a complete free software JVM implementation can run eclipse in a reasonable time. This runs with our latest Mono release. Mandatory screenshot"

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  1. Just out of curiosity... by GoRK · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does anyone know what the hell this actually *MEANS*?

    Is this sort of like the one time I ran the TI-85 emulator inside of vMac inside of VirtualPC on a Mac, or am I just missing something? Or maybe the time that I ran VPC in ShapeShifter inside of UAE on the PC?!?!

    And, again, we are supposed to use this sort of thing in *ENTERPRISE COMPUTING* .. or am I again missing something?

    ~GoRK

    1. Re:Just out of curiosity... by Descartes · · Score: 3, Funny

      I think it's pretty clear from the post:
      Today someone you've never heard of announced that he got something you've never heard of running on something else you've never heard of using the open source Java virtual machine you've never heard of for .NET by someone else you've never heard of. Apparantly this is the first time anyone has ever done anything like this.

    2. Re:Just out of curiosity... by rhyd · · Score: 3, Funny

      "Apparantly this is the first time anyone has ever done anything like this."

      This sort of thing happens all the time - you just don't hear much about it.

      --
      'Be the change you want to see in the world' - Al Gore
  2. wow, I can't wait... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...for businesses to start depending on Mono and related technologies! For us, it'll be like opening your christmas presents and finding batteries already installed!

    Ahhh, but I've revealed too much already...

    - Microsoft
    - Patent Portfolio Management

  3. Small Children are Safe Under .NET by fm6 · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's not true! And besides, he's cut way back!