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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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  2. 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.