Re: When was Java first introduced on the i?

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

Joe Sam Shirah - http://www.conceptgo.com
conceptGO - Consulting/Development/Outsourcing
Java Filter Forum: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/
Just the JDBC FAQs: http://www.jguru.com/faq/JDBC
Going International? http://www.jguru.com/faq/I18N
Que Java400? http://www.jguru.com/faq/Java400

----- 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



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?



I think its about 2000, possibly earlier V4R2 time? Does that sound
right?



Thanks



Neill