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The Faded Sun

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the kesrith-shonjir-kutath dept.

jlowery writes "Robert X. Cringely seems to think so. Forget the hardware side: what does this mean to the future of Java? Will there be enough incentive to continue to develop the language for whoever acquires Sun? Or will Java developers have to swallow hard and submit to the whims of the dark overlord? Maybe I'll switch to Mac development, after all."

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  1. Re:Sounds trollish by Ulve · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah. And objectivity is what /. is all about =P

  2. Re:it is VERY trollish by orthogonal · · Score: 2, Funny

    have your own in-house monkeys do the board swapping

    Ever since I was a little boy, I've wanted my ouwn troupe of in-house monkeys. Wearing those little red caps, and holding those little tin cups, like organ grinders' monkeys.

    Or midgets would do, too.

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    Opinions on the Twiddler2 hand-held keyboard?
  3. Re:Too Much... by wfrp01 · · Score: 2, Funny

    If he's not, I will.

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    --Lawrence Lessig for Congress!