Michael Neumann wrote: > Hehe, depends on what exactly JVM means. The machine > architecture? Or the emulator, which in case of Sun's JVM > is not open-source. OpenJDK seems to be open source, except a few binary > plugs ("Not all of the source code that makes up the JDK is available > under an open-source license") [1]. I don't know what you mean by "emulator". OpenJDK *is* Sun's JVM, and other than the parts Sun couldn't legally open-source (owned by other companies) it's open-source. The "binary plugs" have also successfully been replaced by OSS equivalents; see the IcedTea project from RedHat. - Charlie