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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. Re:Java, who needs it? by iminplaya · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...but the code should still run without an interpreter/virtual machine/emulator.

    I'll be impressed if they can make it run without a computer.

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  2. Re:What about IBM Clones? That was successful... by SpyPlane · · Score: 2, Funny

    Uh... IBM won?? Am I the only one still using a Commodore Amiga??

    Ah well, back to playing Marble Madness...

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  3. Mono is a threat by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    My roommate just got mono and trust me, you want to avoid it at all costs. You're sick and tired and it lasts for weeks.

  4. Why is Mono a "threat"? by fitten · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why is Mono a "threat"? Is it not possible for both to exist? Perl and bsh both exist on my machine and it doesn't explode even though they overlap in functionality.

  5. mono IS a threat... by what+the+dumple+is · · Score: 2, Funny

    According to popular legend, once all of Issaquah high school came down with mono.

    I've never had mono, but it sounds like a shitty way to spend a month.

  6. Re:Java's fine by Trejkaz · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, probably three out of the total five programming jobs are Java. *sizzle*

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  7. A Tale Of Two Javas by TrancePhreak · · Score: 2, Funny

    A long time ago there was the MS Java JIT. It loaded up and ran Java applets and played nicely with others. The web was browseable and never caused the evil BSOD to appear. However, the father who never liked this child wanted to push their own JIT upon the people. It was known as the Sun JRE. It didn't like Windows, and often crashed it out of hatred. A great many web pages were blockaded by the JRE. It brought the terrible BSOD any time it could.

    To be continued....

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  8. Re:That would suck for java... by Bingo+Foo · · Score: 3, Funny
    Incompatibility would run rampant. My java apps barely work for my phone as it is.

    Yeah, no kidding. My refrigerator has JVM 1.1, but my oven runs J2EE 1.4. Just try storing leftovers with that kind of arrangement!

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