RE: is there a linux running on jvm arch ?

[Holzrichter, Bruce]

>I 've tested the User Mode Linux a few times ago, and it gave me an 
>idea: given the fact that we had a GCC which
>produce bytecode from C, it would be possible to produce a port of 
>linux(a new directory "jvm" in the arch dir) which
>would run in a Java Virtual Machine. (after some inquiries such compiler 
>does not exist :-( )
>I'm dreaming of a linux booting in a browser applet(imagine sending such 
>thing in a mail to MS peoples !!!!)

While I am not sure if this is possible with Linux, something like this has
already been done with Inferno.  Check out:
http://www.vitanuova.com/inferno/pidoc/index.html

B.