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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. Open Source is a verb? by The+I+Shing · · Score: 5, Funny

    When pressed about his decision, Scott McNealy admitted, "Well, we were going to open source Java until we realized that the phrase 'open source' is really more of a noun than a verb."

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    You are in error. No-one is screaming. Thank you for your cooperation.
    1. Re:Open Source is a verb? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      In addition, Sun announced plans to implement Java in Java. The porting will be done by Sun's Java team using a Java IDE and Java compilers on thin-client boxes powered by Java. When asked if the Java-only restriction might be responsible for the estimated Fall of 2031 ship date, McNealy answered, "You are missing the point."

    2. Re:Open Source is a verb? by Feral+Bueller · · Score: 4, Funny
      Just another example of the verbitization of the English language.

      "Googling" is another popular one.

      "I was up all night Googling your mom."

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    3. Re:Open Source is a verb? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      mods: you dont have to mod my post as "troll" or "flamebait"

      We know that we don't have to, it's just that we like to.

  2. Re:How can we fracture it? by mattgreen · · Score: 1, Funny

    Haven't you heard the only moral things in life are open source? ;)

  3. Just like Windows XP & IE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    It doesn't need to be open source to be good.

  4. Some other Sun musings by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny


    Unix will be back. Really, it will! Everything is beautiful! Don't worry! Be happy! Customers will return to Solaris one day! After all, if schwartz said it, it must be true.

    Schwartz, however, sees the fad of Linux wearing off in big businesses.

    "There will be a transition back to Solaris," he said


    and even scott is a believer:

    The "fad will wear off, and big business will come back to solaris".

    Sun, don't worry, everything is great. Everybody else should wake up and smell the java.

  5. Re:McNealy can't see it because he's not looking. by Alomex · · Score: 2, Funny

    OpenLook? NeWS?

    Best described as "embarrasingly amateurish" and "made motif look like Venus de Milo".

  6. Re:How can we fracture it? by gad_zuki! · · Score: 4, Funny

    > Wouldn't you say that religious fervor is preventing those distros from realizing the benefits of a very good language?

    *silence*

    *the OSS judges confer for 10 minutes looking confused*

    *cough*

    Someone gets up and yells, "Burn the witch!!!"

    Problem solved.

  7. Re:How can we fracture it? by lahi · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why do I suddenly hear the sound of two half coconuts clapping?

    -Lasse

  8. Re:How can we fracture it? by otprof · · Score: 2, Funny
    Joe Sixpack wants to....

    Damn, I hate that guy.