Re: When was Java first introduced on the i?

["Joe Sam Shirah" <joe_sam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

   Hi Neill,

   I first played around with Java in the summer of 1996, PC only.  I got
serious about it in February, 1997, and I believe the AS/400 had Java/JDBC
capabilities sometime in 1997.  I do know it was well established in 2000,
because that's when I wrote the jGuru/Sun JDBC 2.0 tutorial.

   Here are some links with some definitive info at V4R2.  Notice that the
Toolbox is listed as also running on V3R2.

http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/2736.wss

http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/i/software/toolbox/modsreleases.html

   Also, the midrange Java archive shows the first message in October, 
1997.  David should remember that...


                                                        Joe Sam

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Neill Harper" <neill.harper@xxxxxxxx>
To: <java400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2008 1:38 PM
Subject: When was Java first introduced on the i?


> Hi
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> I am writing a spec for some work that is using Java, and I just wondered
> how long has Java actually been available on the i?
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> I think its about 2000, possibly earlier V4R2  time? Does that sound
> right?
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> Thanks
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> Neill