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Sun Releases First GPLed Java Source

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the beginning-of-an-era dept.

An anonymous reader writes "You can now get GPLed JVM sources from Sun. Everyone seemed to be expecting the desktop version (J2SE) but J2ME has been released first. It looks to be buildable for Linux x86, MIPS, and ARM platforms. Sun now calls it 'phoneME.' Enjoy."

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  1. Brings a whole new meaning... by baldass_newbie · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...to "can you hear me now?"

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  2. Phone ME? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Well yeah, phone you too!

  3. Re:Linux is great and all by EGSonikku · · Score: 5, Funny

    Pfft, you've got the source, get to work!

    And I also want this running on the Super Nintendo this time tomorrow, *snap *snap

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  4. What? by Evil+Sheep · · Score: 2, Funny

    phoneME? phone MicroEdition? Some kind of really small phone? Perhaps, a...micro phone?

    1. Re:What? by mangu · · Score: 2, Funny
      phone MicroEdition?


      No, I believe "ME" stands for "Millennium Edition".

  5. Re:Its 7:00 AM and its slashdotted by Mikelikus · · Score: 2, Funny

    You do know there's a whole world that wakes up before 7am EST right?

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  6. Re:Mono is not compareanble either by alexhard · · Score: 5, Funny

    While I applaud the Mono team for all their hard work, it is not comparable to Java. Hell, Microsoft's .Net is not comparable to Java yet. With Java, you have a 10+ year old tried-and-true platform. You have 10+ years worth of class libraries written, most Open Source, that eliminate 50%-75% of your workload when writing any application..

    Sure, .Net does some things better than Java, like Windowing. But Mono's Windows.Forms is brand new and hardly what I could call enterprise-ready.
    And You have 10+ years of waiting for java apps to launch!
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  7. Re:Congratulations to Sun and Thank You. by dwalsh · · Score: 3, Funny
    -- Subtle recursive jokes in sigs are not funny.
    I don't get it. Is there some recursion in your sig? If there is, it is too subtle. It is not funny.
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  8. Re:Mono is not compareanble either by jimstapleton · · Score: 1, Funny

    Java is hardly what I would call enterprise ready either.

    I've gotten better stability and cross-platform operation out of basic .NET/Mono apps than basic Java apps (that I have had to deal with).

    You are right, Mono/.Net aren't comparable to Java, they don't suck nearly as hard.

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  9. Re:Congratulations to Sun and Thank You. by dwalsh · · Score: 2, Funny

    If you want the source to Websphere, then you either have to apply for a job with IBM, or come up with several billion dollars to buy its freedom.

    Either one will work.


    Negotiable at all? I have a bag of magic beans here. Would they take them?


    When you apply for a job with IBM, do they show you the Websphere source? Why?


    What is this supposed to do for their recruitment efforts?

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  10. Re:Mono is not compareanble either by repruhsent · · Score: 4, Funny

    The 90s called; they want their joke back.

  11. Re:phoneME by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    That's nothing. The next one will be goatSE.

  12. Re:Mono is not compareanble either by frenchs · · Score: 2, Funny

    With that many parenthesis, I would be more inclined to think your a lisp programmer.