Sun Agrees to Talk to IBM over Open Sourcing Java

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Sun Agrees to Talk to IBM over Open Sourcing Java

Posted by michael on Friday February 27, 2004 @05:38AM from the but-can-they-walk-the-walk dept.

comforteagle writes "Sun has agreed to meet with IBM to further discuss the issue of open sourcing Java with them. 'Sun is closely evaluating the effectiveness of the process.' Could Sun be coming around to actually doing this?"

13 of 451 comments (clear)

I want free Starbucks by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-27 05:45 · Score: 0, Funny

Open up your latte for all the java lovers.
Talk is cheap by Pig+Hogger · 2004-02-27 05:47 · Score: 4, Funny

Saying that "one might talk" is even cheaper.
Re:Brain dead moderator alert! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-27 05:49 · Score: 3, Funny

Help! The only punctuation key that works on my keyboard is the exclamation point! What am I going to do!
Re:NOT free enough by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-27 06:01 · Score: 5, Funny

Nice.

You managed to incorporate Debian, Free software and apt get into one troll that the /. Crowd loved. I'm going to save this to post any time anything concerning Java comes up. Know what else should be free, Hookers. I won't be happy until I can get free hookers at the local Salvation Army.
Re:Um. An? by Wolfier · 2004-02-27 06:33 · Score: 4, Funny

An GUI application's website is useless without screenshots
Re:Not very important for me by mcc · 2004-02-27 06:39 · Score: 4, Funny

Actually, the question -- or the worry -- is more around how to prevent somebody from forking Java and kill the "Write Once, Run Everywhere" idiom.

This hasn't been a problem with C, so why should it be so with Java? ... If you care about portability, you'll stick to the standard

My God, man, have you ever tried to move STL code between compilers???

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Re:Not very important for me by Lobo_Louie · 2004-02-27 06:59 · Score: 2, Funny

I agree!;
// No, I really mean you suck!
// Just joking
Re:Not very important for me by JPriest · 2004-02-27 07:02 · Score: 5, Funny

Maybe if they chose GPL we could have as many JVM's as we do Linux distros.

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Reminds me that scene on Friends... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-27 07:14 · Score: 3, Funny

...where Chandler agrees to do something if Monica agrees to talk about having sex on the patio, and as soon as Chandler is out of earshot, Monica says, "I know how THAT conversation is going to turn out."
Re:Not very important for me by BenBenBen · 2004-02-27 07:18 · Score: 4, Funny

Actually, the question -- or the worry -- is more around how to prevent somebody from forking Java and kill the "Write Once, Run Everywhere" idiom.
Hmm, wonder who the "somebody" could be

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Re:Petition by /dev/trash · 2004-02-27 07:34 · Score: 2, Funny

Oh joy.

I just voted 8 times for this. I am sure Sun will take it into serious consideration!
Re:Not very important for me by Srin+Tuar · 2004-02-27 07:42 · Score: 3, Funny

>My God, man, have you ever tried to move STL
>code between compilers???

You mean there are other compilers besides gcc?
Re:It's realism, not idealism. by Alex · 2004-02-27 23:44 · Score: 2, Funny

Right now I won't use Java because I write GUI intensive applications that are slow and quirky in Java. When Java is Open Source, I will still be able to write proprietary applications in Java, just like I can write proprietary applications using GCC.

Yeah the GUI - one of open source's strengths, open sourcing Java will fix that straight off.

Alex