[Isolate-interest] any isolation API in J2SE.next will NOT be N:1 style

[Pete Soper]

It's come to my attention that there might still be uncertainty about the
form of a Java isolation RI in the next major version of J2SE. First off,
it isn't a given that Sun will sponsor this work: there are many projects
vying for resources. IBM and Doug Lea are still looking for closure and for
that I'm very grateful. But assuming that JSR-121 is approved for inclusion in 
the next J2SE major release it will be a a simple implementation. That is, 
each isolate will be hosted in a JRE instance effectively as if it was launched 
with a "java" command. There might be some extra trickery involved but it will
NOT, ABSOLUTELY NOT, provide an "N:1" style implementation like the JanosVM
or Sun Labs prototype versions of earlier draft specs of JSR-121. Also, as
I've mentioned earlier, it may be necessary to start out with a much simpler
API in the short term for the sake of a better outcome for the long term.
The expert group is meeting next Wednesday to review my proposed plan and 
we'll send a summary of that meeting to this list as soon afterward as possible.

-Pete