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IBM Offers to Help Sun Open Up Java

dave writes "ESR has opened the issue of pressuring Sun to open source Java, and today IBM throws in their own commitment toward this end. IBM has published an open letter to Sun, proposing that the two companies collaborate on an independent project to open source Java, saying that IBM is ready to provide technical resources and code for the open source Java implementation while Sun provides the open source community with Sun materials, including Java specifications, tests and code."

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  1. OMG YOU GUYS OMG SIGN MY MOUSEPAD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic



    Fizzy Postus

  2. FIFTH POST by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    i do not fail it

  3. what's better? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    (A) opening Java

    OR (B) sex with a mare

  4. My brain, my body, my stomach, my eyes... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    My brain, my body, my stomach, my eyes, and my ears were under severe attacks this past day and night by Henry( Hank) Rumbarger( name called out from the high-tech machine), an employee of KBR (Kellogg, Brown & Root), a subsidiary of Halliburton. Hank Rumbarger,I did not renew my Professional Engineer license for the year of 2004 --the license which I believe that David M. Austgen, a project manager of The M. W. Kellogg Company helped me a lot to obtain that in 1991 -- and I have told you that I do not want to work for you,, so please end this kind of attacks or let me know that you were not the person who controlled the high-tech machine. Please read the following five letters, investigate the case, and/or response. Thank you.

    Letter 1:

    Charlie Wang
    [ADDRESS DELETED]

    December 16, 2003

    To Whom it may concern:

    The high-tech machine in my letter is a very general term, meaning a very complicated device which may combine different functions of machines, such as computer, satellites or radio stations, and some mechanical and electrical systems. The pain I endured most is my brain, my skin, my eyes, my ears. my throat, and my body. My short memory is very bad because my brain has been constant under attacks no matter when I read, when I played tennis and computer games, when I watched TV, and when I was sleeping. the most frustrating thing is, when I was reading, I was constantly disturbed by voices and images, which, I speculate, can be transmitted through satellite, radio station, and/or brain wave. My skin felt very sharp pain as cut by a knife when it was under attacks. My eyes were under severe attacks while I was playing computer games, which can cause very temporarily blurred vision and/or tears. My ears will fell loud ring sounds and/or voices when they were under attacks, and it could happen any time, especially at night while I was sleeping. There are more regarding how I felt about the pain I suffered through the brain, throat, and my body, and I will tell more details if I go to the courts.

    Now, you know how dangerous this high-tech machine is. I tried my best to tolerate it to keep it as a secret and not to terrifying people, but whoever using that machine has no intention to stop but increasing it's power to damage my body. We all have responsibility to stop the person (persons) to abuse this high-tech machine, not just for myself, but also for the children and for this country. Thank you for your time.

    Sincerely,
    Charlie Wang, P.E.

    Letter 2:

    Charlie C. Wang, P.E.
    [ADDRESS AND PHONE DELETED]

    January 19, 2003

    To whom it may concern:

    I would like to tell you something which I have kept in my mind for a long time. How long is it? It is about five months. You probably think it is not long. All I can say is that it is all relative. If you live happy, five months is really too short and too fast. If you suffer unpleasant attacks on your brain, ears, eyes, mouth, fingers, heart, stomach, liver, and feet for that period of time, you know time just passed so so slow. You must ask why I kept it in my mind for so long. I only can say there are so many reasons. but once I tell you that those attacks were done by a very high intelligent machine (or machines), you can understand how complex this issue is.

    I was contract pipe stress engineer for Fluor Daniel from January, 2002 to May, 2002.
    I believed I performed my job very well, but I got laid off anyway. In July, this high tech. machine started to approach me at night and day. I could not fall asleep for the first week, because it attacked my brain or my ears all the time. I could hear different voices, but most important of all, I heard the names, Hank(Henry) Rumbarger and M. W. Kellogg. Henry Rumbarger was my supervisor while I was working as a permanent pipe stress engineer from 1989 to 1991 at M.W.Kellogg. After the first week of attacks, I slept better, but the attacks on my brain, ears, eyes, heart, stomach, and liver continued. In a few days, the at

  5. I WILL SIGN YOUR MOUSEPAD... WITH MY COCK! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  6. yrty by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  7. THIRD POST, YOU UNEQUIVOCALLY FAIL IT. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You sicken me.

  8. why am I rated as Offtopic? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    why Off topic?
    I am not offtopic, because I am inside the topic.
    If I was outside the topic, then I may was off topic

    So please turn me on topic immediatly!

  9. YOU THICKEN ME. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
  10. IBM and Sun... Open Source??? by Saeed+al-Sahaf · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    IBM... Sun... Love... Hate... Love... Hate... Ahhhhhhh! My head is exploading!

    --
    "Who are in control, they are not in control of anything - they don't even control themselves!" - Glen Beck
  11. NTG offers to help Goatse open up anus! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    As you may or many not have known, the infamous website Goatse.cx was Shut down!.

    The neo trolling group was formed 6 days ago to avenge this, and we WILL trollerize the world until Goatse has returned!

    To help us, join the Neo Trolling Group by adding "Neo Trollng Group" as your friend. (Hi spacecowboy, you know you hate us).

  12. aww... by MalaclypseTheYounger · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So Happy Together.... I can't see me loving nobody but you...

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  13. OT: Your sig by jdavidb · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    --- Free America - Vote Libertarian [lp.org]

    Check out the Free State Project if you haven't already. They are freeing America one state at a time. :)

  14. Re:How nice of IBM.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hey, is it just me, or is it possible to metamod every 12 hours now, after they changed the metamod ad and the user comments page got beat with the ugly stick?

  15. In other news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Chevy offers to help Ford give away free Fords.