The Future of Java?

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Posted by michael on Thursday January 23, 2003 @03:16AM from the probably-our-last-link-to-salon.com dept.

Todd AvErth writes "Judge Motz recently ordered Microsoft to distribute Sun's JVM with every Windows product. Salon decided to pipe up about it with an editorial musing about whether or not it's too late. Most of it isn't all that interesting, but some of the comments from Ximian developer, Miguel de Icaza point to the advantage of being able to compile from multiple languages. Anyone know of any projects to compile JVM bytecode from other languages?" Update: 01/23 16:00 GMT by M : Comments were disallowed when this story was originally posted; fixed now. My mistake (although KDE3's stupid mouseover-activates-form-elements user interface, now finally fixed in the latest versions, has to take some blame too).

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Poor Micheal by Graspee_Leemoor · 2003-01-23 04:00 · Score: -1, Offtopic

He marked the story "friends only" and no-one could post to it...

graspee
1. Re:Poor Micheal by Randolpho · 2003-01-23 04:01 · Score: 0, Offtopic
  
  Heh... yeah, and the worst part is that he had no friends.
  
  On Slashdot, that is. ;)
  
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2. Re:Poor Micheal by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-23 04:03 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  This discussion was created by michael (4716) as friends only. Offer them a bribe and maybe they will let you post.
  
  I have a feeling he did that on purpose, I mean no one could be that stupid, right? He must just be getting tired of people flaming him non-stop.
  
  What a moron.
3. Re:Poor Micheal by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-23 04:04 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Did anyone get a screen capture of the "friends only" status?
4. Re:Poor Micheal by DrFrasierCrane · 2003-01-23 04:08 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  The funniest part? The hundreds of /. trolls out there who couldn't post "First post!"
  
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5. Re:Poor Micheal by jonathan_ingram · 2003-01-23 04:08 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Be careful, or he might slap down your comment and all replies to the land of -1 -- just like the thread I point to in my signature (which contains what must be the most moderated comment in Slashdot history).
  
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6. Re:Poor Micheal by Gortbusters.org · 2003-01-23 04:26 · Score: 0, Offtopic
  
  Guess Michael didn't have his cup of Java this morning? Har Har Har.
  
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7. Re:Poor Micheal by Graspee_Leemoor · 2003-01-23 04:35 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  I bloody well hope it wasn't Micheal who modded me -1 offtopic twice in one minute considering that I was the one/one of the ones to email him informing him of his mistake.
  
  graspee
8. Re:Poor Micheal by Graspee_Leemoor · 2003-01-23 04:41 · Score: 0, Offtopic
  
  Check out the moderation totals on this post (5143337). At time of writing they are:
  
  "Moderations: 70% Offtopic, 40% Funny"
  
  WTF?
  
  Oh, fucking offtopic here I come again.
  
  graspee
Is it just me... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-23 04:01 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Or should an article that has been posted for 45 minutes have more than one post?
I'm so pissed off by TerryAtWork · 2003-01-23 04:07 · Score: -1, Offtopic

After waiting for 45 minutes to make my comment, that I can't even rememebr what it is now.

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A pooor workman always blames his tools. by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-23 04:08 · Score: -1, Offtopic

'Woops, my fault. But KDE3 is really the problem.'

Nice Michael. Funny, not only don't you have any friends, you also don't have many fans.
OSDN Moves to Acquire Goatse.cx! by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-23 04:09 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I'm posting this anonymously for reasons which will soon become obvious.

I work for OSDN, in an undisclosed position. Yesterday, I recieved the following memo in my Inbox in Outlook Express:

From: "Larry Augustin"
To: "Company - all"
Subject: Acquisition of latest OSDN holding

As you may be aware, our stock certificates are now unfit to even wipe our own asses in the restrooms. However, soon this will all change with our latest opensource acquisition. This is such a revolutionary paradigm shift that we have decided to coin a new term for it: "WideOpensource". The following letter was recently sent to the management of our prospect:

From: "Larry Augustin"
To: contrib@goatse.cx
Subject: Open source business opportunity

Mr. Levine,

We at OSDN are continually looking to expand our growing network of opensource-related web real estate. Through intense analysis of comment traffic on our premier site, SlashDot.org, we have determined that your site holds considerable value to the community at large. As recent IDC surveys have shown, your site is one of the 10 most popular on the Internet. That, combined with its decidedly opensource bent, makes it a prime target for OSDN banner ads, our flagship product. We would like to acquire your site and employ you as a member of our OSDN team. Please consider this carefully, you aren't likely to see an opportunity like this every day!

Love,
Larry
Re:A duck by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-23 04:19 · Score: -1, Offtopic

>>Ahh.... If it walks like a duck, quakes like a duck and tastes like a duck, then it is a DUCK!
And, therefore....
SHE'S A WITCH! BURN HER!!!
nice modbombing michael by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-23 04:42 · Score: -1, Offtopic

now that you hide the moderation scores behind a percentage, we can't see your modbombing ways.

this place has really gone to shit now.
1. Re:nice modbombing michael by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-23 09:04 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  I'm sorry, but no one cares what you think. Nothing wrong with this place, you're just an idiot and your opinion is unwanted.
2. Re:nice modbombing michael by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-23 10:57 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Heya, Michael. I think you're a stupid queer who should fucking die.
Huh? by quantaman · 2003-01-23 04:54 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Comments were disallowed when this story was originally posted; fixed now. My mistake (although KDE3's stupid mouseover-activates-form-elements user interface, now finally fixed in the latest versions, has to take some blame too).

Sorry! No trolls, no f1rst p0sts, no java sucks, heck no me!! It's not a bug it's a feature and now that it's fixed you'll never find peace again!!

MUWHAHAHA!!!

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