[Info-vax] IBM to buy Sun

[Arne Vajhøj]

Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> In article <gpuv0g$t2b$1 at news-01.bur.connect.com.au>,
> 	"Richard Maher" <maher_rj at hotspamnotmail.com> writes:
>> So is NetBeans' future assured, or is it time to get the IMM team cranked up
>> on Eclipse for VMS? Maybe just port it over in their "spare time"? Could be
>> a couple of years and lots of license-payer dollars in it!
> 
> Eclipse is Java.  Won't it just run on VMS?

No.

Eclipse does use Swing but SWT.

And SWT is not ported to VMS.

(SWT is a GUI library which has some native components,
which gives is a more native look and feel than Swing)

Arne