JET seems reasonably priced at least.
It has been pointed out elsewhere that while the GNU JRE is not finished the compiler is. GNU GCJ is a replacement for javac that can generate either native code or bytecodes. And since SWT is open source you should be able to write completely open source Java apps now or at some point in the future.
Also native compilation solves the problem of decompilation of bytecodes.
The legal status of all this is way beyond the scope of this post. O'reilly has a good book about legal issues that covers both GNU and Sun's licenses.
Glen Pepicelli
http://www.glenp.net
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Glen Pepicelli
http://www.glenp.net
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JET seems reasonably priced at least. It has been pointed out elsewhere that while the GNU JRE is not finished the compiler is. GNU GCJ is a replacement for javac that can generate either native code or bytecodes. And since SWT is open source you should be able to write completely open source Java apps now or at some point in the future. Also native compilation solves the problem of decompilation of bytecodes. The legal status of all this is way beyond the scope of this post. O'reilly has a good book about legal issues that covers both GNU and Sun's licenses. Glen Pepicelli http://www.glenp.net
Here is a trick that seems to work fairly well. If you ever fill out a survey go ahead and use your real mailing address so you can get junk mail. When they ask your income tell them it is extremely high. For your profession choose whatever you want free magazines in. In a few months you will strat to get the same junk mail as your bosses boss does-- which is a hell of a lot better than the junk mail you _should_ be getting. Basically you will start getting some free magazines. Glen Pepicelli http://www.glenp.net