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ESR's Open Letter to McNealy: Set Java Free!

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the let-my-people-go dept.

yukster writes "Eric Raymond has posted an open letter to Sun Microsystem's Scott McNealy asking him to 'Let Java go.' He says Sun can 'have ubiquity or [it] can have control.' The excellent improvements made to Java in the upcoming 1.5 release help re-level the playing field with C#. But, it seems like if Sun really wants Java to rule the world, they should heed ESR's advice. Hey Mr. McNealy, listen to this guy... set Java free!"

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  1. Re:What's up with him? by ciaran_o_riordan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Since you mention the Communist Manifesto, I want to post a link to the The dotCommunist Manifesto.

    And just so my comment is ontopic: ESR is a jackass.

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