IBM virutal machine(Java)

[mikeshn]

I use JDK1.3 by SUN for Java. Does someone try to use IBM virtual Machine by IBM? Any thoughts? Good or BAD?
Also how much does it costs?

 

[manly]

Why the long face?

Performance wise, IBM JDK is known to be better than Sun's reference JDK.

Sun's JVM used to be considered a bit weak, but it's gotten a lot better over the years, and is now easily the most popular. IBM is relegated to owning a few benchmarks, but isn't supported as broadly commercially.

Many testers report frustration because inevitably, they'll discover some issue where the Sun JVM and IBM JVM aren't completely equivalent in some areas. Unless there's a specific reason to use IBM JVM, you're better off sticking with Sun. IBM's is known to require more memory as well.

The IBM Java2 SDK is a free download.

 

[mikeshn]

sorry for the long face..
I did it by mistake..
Where can I download IBM JDK and IBM JVM?
Thanks a lot

 

[manly]

http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/index.html?loc=j

 

[m0ti]

give it a try. it's definitely dependent on what you're running. It may run better, it may run worse. That's why we benchmark.