There is a large amount of educationally-useful java code out there, including both web applets and entire apps. It is my impression (though I haven't used it), that IcedTea (open-source-only java hybrid - 96% sun, 4% gnu) is now a working java implementation. Of course, that leaves the open question of java's bloat, but there are also ME (mobile/embedded) editions of java which are truly open source and not even hybrids. So the questions are, in strict order:<br>
<br>1. Do people think it would be good to have some version of Java on the OLPC?<br>2. How much space in the OS would this be worth? (Obviously the answer is some finite, nonzero number)<br>3. How much work would it be to have a useful open-source version of java ready within the limit set in question 2?<br>
4. Is there anyone willing to sign up for this work?<br><br>Disclaimer: I am not a java programmer, but as an educational user it would be good to have applets work. So I'm jumping in and starting the thread, and then standing back to watch.<br>