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McNealy Answers: No Open Source Java

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the laid-to-rest dept.

comforteagle writes "Sun CEO Scott McNealy has finally answered the long awaited question that has been on the minds of open source and Java developers. Will Sun open source Java? No. He stated today that Sun sees no solution solved from open sourcing Java that isn't already addressed."

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  1. nationalize java by flechette_indigo · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If we the people see fit, why not just take it? Why not just declare java a public property and ignore any copyright claims? Property rights exist only insofar as they promote the health of our culture. If Sun ever presses their claims to the point of our inconvenience it would be a small matter to just take java. Same with any other so called 'intellectual property' for that matter. What law can bind the entire net-population?

  2. Re:Given that, why aren't linux and perl fractured by Slime-dogg · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I just have to answer this one, considering the actual source of VS.Net:

    What do you think really inspired Visual Studio .Net?

    Answer: Delphi.

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  3. Re:How can we fracture it? by Error27 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I agree that Sun shouldn't have to care about Linux users.

    Everyone should get behind IBM's implementation and standardize on that. The current situation is absolutely nuts. Java programs larger than "Hello World" have about a 25% chance of running on a default Linux system.

    I used to prefer Java to C++ but it's too difficult to support because the Linux JVMs are all incompatible. I wouldn't distribute a program written in Java at this point. I don't think I'll go back to programming in JAVA unless something really changes. Probably programming with mono will be an easier, better solution in a year or two.

  4. whoa is me by humankind · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    No open source java?

    This is about as sad a day as I learned that Windows wasn't open source.

    Nobody cares. Posers program in Java. Go ahead and mod me flamebait, but you know it's the truth. Nobody programs in Java that cares about performance and security. It's better for the community that poser languages that don't really offer anything substantive not be open source.

  5. Re:How can we fracture it? by mantera · · Score: 0, Flamebait


    - "Because many distros will not ship non-free software by default. This greatly limits the usefulness of Java as a general development language for Linux applications."



    - "Doesn't that say more about Linux than it does about Sun?"

    i totally agree with you... this comment shows the total idiocy, lack of commonsense, that many in the linux crowd have...

  6. Re:Open Source is a verb? by Lord+Bitman · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "overrated" works just as well

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