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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. Pah! Opensource FUD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    And you think on MS does shit like this.

  2. 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.

  3. But, mono sucks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    because I can't compile shit on it

  4. What I want to know by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Is why my simple 'hello world' Java program takes up 6 megabytes of disk space and needs at least 256 megs of RAM to run. This thing litteraly locked up my linux box (5 times in a row) that only had 128 megs of RAM.

  5. Re:Give this man his +5, Insightful by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Technically you should get modded down for replying to a known karmawhore/troll (Amsterdam Vallon), but I think we'll let it slide.

  6. 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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  7. Re:Java is ok by nineoneone · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    No it isn't. It sucks, big time. It is still to damn slow - ask anyone who runs a java app, christ, even the developers appologise for it ( see ed2k gui ).

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  8. 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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  9. HAHAH "WE HATE JAVA" to "OPEN SOURCE JAVA NOW" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Nice how the open source idiots change their tune when they see something good and want to steal it.

    Java is doing -JUST FINE- without you smacktards, thanks but no thanks. Believe it or not, Sun can handle Java just fine without your help.