Sun will Open Java's Source

bckrispi writes "An announcement from Sun spokesman Raghavan Srinivas indicates that, contrary to what we've heard in the past, Java will be Open-sourced. "We haven't worked out how to open-source Java, but at some point it will happen," Srinivas said."

Comments

Re:This is news?

[ncurses]

It is news, but you have to read between the lines. It is showing that Sun is desperate for any and all attention, especially good attention now that most people have figured out that Java sucks.

million dollar ?

[sketchkid]

at what point does an irrelevant company lose the ability to make relevant news.

Re:Not much of an announcement

[kubrick]

Often, the open source community has a very narrow and selfish view when it comes to certain things. Like, why make software easy to install, like OS X? No need- any Linux user (present or future) is smart enough to compile his own software, resolve dependencies, etc.

They're not being paid enough to do the grunt work. Most of them aren't being paid anything. They still manage to do an amazing amount of work.

If you define that as selfish, I expect you'll be out sinking the boot into your local charities next.

A person has to ask- could the OSS community ever have produced a gem like OS X? Could it have produced Java? OSS has the skillset, some of the sharpest folks on the planet. But who is keeping them coordinated? Who is the CEO with a single, cohesive vision?

Sounds like a great argument for fascism over democracy. "We need a leader who can make the trains run on time!"

+4, Insightful? Bah. Why don't you move to Singapore? You'd like it there.

Re:Yeah, by IBM.

[Anonymous Coward]

If they really did, I would take it as more of a "We Give-Up" move just before everything falls apart.

Sort of like the French? ;)

Hello

[NDPTAL85]

I'm sorry, but are you under some impression that being involved in the free software movement is morally and ethically akin to fighting against slavery, for civil rights, for world peace, or some other ACTUAL NOBLE cause? Its hard to tell but it sounds as if you actually believe any of this OSS stuff actually matters in the long run.......