Here's M$'s note on Java:
NOTE ON JAVA SUPPORT. THE SOFTWARE MAY CONTAIN SUPPORT FOR PROGRAMS WRITTEN IN JAVA. JAVA TECHNOLOGY IS NOT FAULT TOLERANT AND IS NOT DESIGNED, MANUFACTURED, OR INTENDED FOR USE OR RESALE AS ONLINE CONTROL EQUIPMENT IN HAZARDOUS ENVIRONMENTS REQUIRING FAIL-SAFE PERFORMANCE, SUCH AS IN THE OPERATION OF NUCLEAR FACILITIES, AIRCRAFT NAVIGATION OR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, DIRECT LIFE SUPPORT MACHINES, OR WEAPONS SYSTEMS, IN WHICH THE FAILURE OF JAVA TECHNOLOGY COULD LEAD DIRECTLY TO DEATH, PERSONAL INJURY, OR SEVERE PHYSICAL OR ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE. Sun Microsystems, Inc. has contractually obligated Microsoft to make this disclaimer.
There seem to be several licenses attached to Java, depending if you use the binary or beta versions.
What's the opinion here? Couldn't Java be considered to be the widest used tool that is like Open Source (hey, it's free), but still somewhat proprietary (with regards to it's license)?
Progress runs on many platforms, including SCO Openserver and Uniserver, DG-UX, RedHat, and HP-UX. We are talking MULTI-VOLUME databases. Can be spilt amongst many machines and hard drives. Up to 30 TB! Clustering anyone?
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Here's M$'s note on Java: NOTE ON JAVA SUPPORT. THE SOFTWARE MAY CONTAIN SUPPORT FOR PROGRAMS WRITTEN IN JAVA. JAVA TECHNOLOGY IS NOT FAULT TOLERANT AND IS NOT DESIGNED, MANUFACTURED, OR INTENDED FOR USE OR RESALE AS ONLINE CONTROL EQUIPMENT IN HAZARDOUS ENVIRONMENTS REQUIRING FAIL-SAFE PERFORMANCE, SUCH AS IN THE OPERATION OF NUCLEAR FACILITIES, AIRCRAFT NAVIGATION OR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, DIRECT LIFE SUPPORT MACHINES, OR WEAPONS SYSTEMS, IN WHICH THE FAILURE OF JAVA TECHNOLOGY COULD LEAD DIRECTLY TO DEATH, PERSONAL INJURY, OR SEVERE PHYSICAL OR ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE. Sun Microsystems, Inc. has contractually obligated Microsoft to make this disclaimer. There seem to be several licenses attached to Java, depending if you use the binary or beta versions. What's the opinion here? Couldn't Java be considered to be the widest used tool that is like Open Source (hey, it's free), but still somewhat proprietary (with regards to it's license)?
Progress runs on many platforms, including SCO Openserver and Uniserver, DG-UX, RedHat, and HP-UX. We are talking MULTI-VOLUME databases. Can be spilt amongst many machines and hard drives. Up to 30 TB! Clustering anyone?