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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. Sun accused of being a monopoly by MS, news at 11. by TrancePhreak · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Sun's refusal to open up their technology to anyone who wants was seen as a big win for MS as they forged forward to counter-sue Sun over the Java technology....

    Yeah, I'm really bored.

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  2. Re:Open Source is a verb? by moonbender · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Verbing weirds language. Note that this is extremely common thing in English.

    On a sidenote, if anyone has got a link to the original Calvin & Hobbes strip that came up with the previous quote, pleas post. I searched, but couldn't find it.

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  3. Re:Open Source is a verb? by Arker · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Not just English, it's a characteristic of Germanic languages in general. I'm always amused by folks that complain about this and act like it makes them superior... more like it means they don't understand the fundamentals of the language very well.

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