Sun's Simon Phipps Answers ESR On Java

comforteagle writes "Sun's Chief Technology Officer Simon Phipps has answered Eric Raymond's open letter calling on Sun to open source Java." In the quoted response, Phipps says (condensed) "I'd say this is 100 per cent rant... His simplistic accusations don't hold water... If this is the way that Open Source treats its friends, I'd hate to see how it treats its enemies... It's pretty difficult to respond to this. He's so out of touch."

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Re:ESR

[halivar]

I wish there were only some way to mod (-1, Funny).

Re:$500 million in bad publicity for Sun

[That's Unpossible!]

Sun's mismanagement of Java is worth about $500 million in bad publicity for Sun, I'm guessing.

Everybody stand back -- Futurepower(R) has spoken... directly out of his ass.

Honestly, who moderated that crap up?

like the old addage says:

[bsDaemon]

"it is better to be pissed off than to be pissed on." aside, you are right about stooping. also, probably about martial arts. i am only handy with guns and relativly primitive explosives.

Re:like the old addage says:

[LittleLebowskiUrbanA]

Well at least you admit to stooping. Better than most of the guys on here. Name some of your firearms, I'm curious to see what /. packs. I have a CAR-15 (w/w orking collpsible stock), Kimber Pro Carry .45, M-1 Carbine, and a Kimber Custom CDP II .45

Re:like the old addage says:

[bsDaemon]

MAK-90 with the AK-47 furtature (stock, pistolgrip, forgrip), Rugar semi-auto 9mm, .38 Special, Colt single-action 1880s style .45, a .50-cal muzzleloader, a flint-lock musket styled as that used in the american revolution, and a couple of other non-descript rifles and shotguns. my dad's the actual owner (i'm 19) but i use them more than he does.
I'm after an M1 Garand and an M1-A (kind of like the M14) for my own personal ownership.
My dad is close to purchasinga Kimber LAPD SWAT .45

Re:RMS is a spin doctor

[adamy]

If Dean was still in the race...the point would still be true. Dean could not have voted against the PATRIOT act as he was not in congress.

I THink what RMS was getting at is that voting against the Patriot act was a politically brave thing to do, and any member of congress willing to do so is worth supporting. I agree, however, that this is not reason enough on its own to support Kucinich over Dean.

Point's moot, I guess. I'll still take Kerry over Bush for President. Hopefully both Kucinich and Dean will end up with powerful positions on the Kerry Whitehouse. Personally, I'd like to see Dean as either Surgeon General or Secretary of Education. But what do I know.