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Beyond An Open Source Java

Posted by simoniker on from the acronyms-and-rantings dept.

Karma Sucks writes "LinuxToday is featuring a intriguing article on why Sun should open source Java, as a stronger followup to the recent ESR saga that was reported here. The writer notes: 'Sun needs to do some radical things to improve its chances of survival, and all of them involve Open Source in some form or the other.' One thing the article fails to mention is the threat of Mono, which should be of special interest to Sun, with its vested interest in GNOME."

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  1. Surprise! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Are we supposed to be suprised that a bunch
    of GPL zealots are claimoring for a private
    company to relinquish ownership rights to a
    piece of software? I doubt there is any "owned"
    software that they don't wan't to demand they
    be allowed to control. As long as their is a
    standards process, preferably ANSI, ISO, etc.
    I don't care if Sun retains ownership.

  2. Re:Mono is not a threat by Pieroxy · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    This is typical from a Slashdot post. The article talks about strategy and positions from Sun and you try to debute it with a mere technical anecdote.

    You are way off. I'd suggest you (re-)read the article.

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  3. Re:Laughable? by nineoneone · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yes. I'm looking at python right now and it seems to offer at least as much as java with the speed bonus thrown in. Certainly it must be as portable as java and its a hell of lot easier to learn.

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