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Linux 'Awfully Cathedral-Like' - Java's a Bazaar

Posted by Hemos on from the sparking-a-flame-war dept.

jg21 writes "LinuxWorld draws attention to a curious use of ESR's The Cathedral and the Bazaar by the Sun Microsystems exec who currently talks about Linux more than he does even about Java. Apparently Sun's President and COO Jonathan Schwartz said at a press briefing last week that Java with its JCP is more like ESR's Bazaar than Linux, which he dismissed as being "awfully cathedral-like" since Linus is the final arbiter (or Great Dictator), and not a committee." But be sure you don't mis-use the word Java in this Bazaar or the Mall Police will totally get you.

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  1. What Java is by randall_burns · · Score: 1, Troll
    "J2EE as a fear-driven technology choice made by higher powers"


    Whatever the claims about "Community Process", Sun runs Java and Scott McNealy runs Sun when it really comes down to it. I would suggest asking long term Sun folks(the folks that built that company and were there over 15 year ago) what they really think of that means of governance.

  2. Re:Comparing Linux, Java, Mozilla and GNOME by nonmaskable · · Score: 0, Troll

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    And his lame attempt at propaganda is yet another example of why Sun is making a well-deserved dive into the dustbin of history.

    Changes to the _Linus_ kernel are made exclusively by Linus. SuSE, RedHat, Andrew Morton, and many others all make their own decisions and *distribute* kernels that meet their goals. No one but Sun can do the same thing with the faux-open Sun JCP.

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    A bazaar doesn't require proposals and ratifications and approvals.