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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:as ESR said in CatB by Kenja · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Because of course, everyone who can think up a unique recipe can afford to open a restaurant. Furthermore the big IBM, Redhat and Sun restauants down the block from yours would NEVER use your recipe and offer your dish for less then you can.

    Someone needs to take the reality 2x4 to ESRs head.

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  2. Re:That would suck for java... by 10101001+10101001 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    > Actually GCC is a good example of why Java shouldn't go this route. Look at all the binary compatibility issues from the 2.96 compilers to the latest and greatest. Caused us all kinds of problems.

    Do you expect a JVM v1.1 to run v1.4 programs? Forward and backward compatibility often get broken as a result of fixing design flaws. I'm happy they're fixing gcc now if it means it's a lot less likely to break in the future (not that it's actually, guaranteed..). Besides, 2.96 should never have been released as production since it was a pre3.0 beta. Now, complaining about the fact that there's a different abi between 3.0 and 3.2 is a valid complaint.

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