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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. 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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    - "Scientia non habet inimicum nisp ignorantem"
  2. 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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    Infinite time means everything that can happen, will. You being you is absolutely incidental. You do not exist.
  3. 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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    ${YEAR+1} is going to be the year of Linux on the desktop!
  4. Re:Mono is not compareanble either by repruhsent · · Score: 4, Funny

    The 90s called; they want their joke back.