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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. Ceren, be my valentine! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Is it any wonder people think Linux users are a bunch of flaming homosexuals when its fronted by obviously gay losers like these?! BSD has a mascot who leaves us in no doubt that this is the OS for real men! If Linux had more hot chicks and gorgeous babes then maybe it would be able to compete with BSD! Hell this girl should be a model!

    Linux is a joke as long as it continues to lack sexy girls like her! I mean just look at this girl! Doesn't she excite you? I know this little hottie puts me in need of a cold shower! This guy looks like he is about to cream his pants standing next to such a fox. As you can see, no man can resist this sexy little minx. I mean are you telling me you wouldn't like to get your hands on this ass?! Wouldn't this just make your Christmas?! Yes doctor, this uber babe definitely gets my pulse racing! Oh how I envy the lucky girl in this shot! Linux has nothing that can possibly compete. Come on, you must admit she is better than an overweight penguin or a gay looking goat! Wouldn't this be more liklely to influence your choice of OS?

    With sexy chicks like the lovely Ceren you could have people queuing up to buy open source products. Could you really refuse to buy a copy of BSD if she told you to? Don't you wish you could get one of these? Personally I know I would give my right arm to get this close to such a divine beauty!

    Don't be a fag! Join the campaign for more cute open source babes today!

    1. Re:Ceren, be my valentine! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      dude, your chick has a fat ass, and after you have embaressed her on slashdot like this I wouldn't be surprised if she packs her bags and leaves.

      p.s. glad you picked gentoo as one of your links.... that'll be another dozen or so BSD guys who convert...

    2. Re:Ceren, be my valentine! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      She's not fat.

    3. Re:Ceren, be my valentine! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Don't forget to take the beer goggles off.

      Real women use Linux

    4. Re:Ceren, be my valentine! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      See, I really like the Ceren troll, dude. But for god's sake please stop replying to yourself to start this lame flamewar over the chick's obesity. We all know that the geeks here are desperate and would hump everything that can spell 'Linux'.

    5. Re:Ceren, be my valentine! by Horny+Smurf · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I bet the lemonparty link causes more "conversions" than the gentoo link.

    6. Re:Ceren, be my valentine! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Ugh! Looks hot on some of the pics, hideous on others. Strange chick.

      Is she single? ;-)

    7. Re:Ceren, be my valentine! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      She, quite simply, isn't fat with our without any kind of goggles excepting perhaps a pair with extremely magnifying lenses. She's NOT FAT by any definition of the word. If you think she is, you have a very twisted view of the human body.

  2. really by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    *BSD is DYING!

  3. I LOVE LINH!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    WOOOOOOO! I'M SO COOL!!!!!

    1. Re:I LOVE LINH!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      And I used to fuck her...

  4. java by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    sucks

  5. Why have Java by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    When you can have Parrot instead?

    Seriously? With a common runtime for many languages such as Perl, Python, Ruby, etc, I don't see why anyone would need to use Java any longer.

  6. 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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    Expert in software patents or patent law? Contribute to the ESP wiki!
  7. Re:why? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Oh shut up.

  8. My Open Letter To Sun by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I poop on you.

  9. Re:I THINK MY FEMALE KITTENS ARE LESBIANS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Awww.... You're not doing it right, you just have to get them used to it then, thats all.

    Break 'em in I say.