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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 aled · · Score: 1, Troll

    Java does run on an virtual machine, but modern VM compile code dinamically, not interpreting nor emulating.
    How does MOno run?

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  2. Open Java vs Communism by pilybaby · · Score: 0, Troll

    Sun and Open source Java are a lot like communism. They're a nice idea in principle but just don't / wont work. I don't think Sun is in the business of giving away it's biggest assets now matter how good this would be for everyone else.

  3. write once by jdew · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...debug everywhere