I think that it the sun licence had a sunset clause where the code reverted to the GPL (or BSD) in 5-10yrs then people would be happier.
They can keep some stewardship over java in this crucial early years. They can also stop the terrible duplication of all those people, commercial and opensource that are currently working on rebuilding java from the ground up.
That way sun can also make some money as java passes through them without the angst (they are going to loose control over it eventually).
But personally: In my opinion the GPL protects my programming effort from being exploited by others who would otherwise, with their extensive resources and dominant industry position, easily co-opted my own small work into their proprietry products to their own financial advantage.
Redhat with linux, will always be is in a very different position from Sun with BSD based Solaris. The original developers of linux will always have access to works derived from their source, whereas the BSD developers will have to pay for theirs.
1. Get someone that is impartial to judge and oversee the tests (ie not mindcraft). The independant reviewer should really set up the test conditions, oversea the tests and release the results.
2. Review tests (testing on a range of performance levels seems nice). something simpler that the folks at home can emulate, without selling the house and the 3 kids. The "specific" hardware setup chosen seems a bit bleeding edge, and could have been chosen because of specific stuff put into NT to make it work well.
3. Why can't a linux expert add there own "special" patch, get latest versions etc. Thats what linux is all about, and really if you put that much money into the hardware to squeeze all the performance out of it, You'd likely spend a bit of time tinkering with the software, build a reduced kernel with only the required stuff, that sort of thing. This being another advantage of open source software.
4. Spread it over several sessions over several weeks, release all the intermediate results and get feedback over the web etc, to apply to the later tests. Many people would love to participate in (an attempting to) rub MS nose in something.
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They can keep some stewardship over java in this crucial early years. They can also stop the terrible duplication of all those people, commercial and opensource that are currently working on rebuilding java from the ground up.
That way sun can also make some money as java passes through them without the angst (they are going to loose control over it eventually).
But personally:
In my opinion the GPL protects my programming effort from being exploited by others who would otherwise, with their extensive resources and dominant industry position, easily co-opted my own small work into their proprietry products to their own financial advantage.
Redhat with linux, will always be is in a very different position from Sun with BSD based Solaris. The original developers of linux will always have access to works derived from their source, whereas the BSD developers will have to pay for theirs.
1. Get someone that is impartial to judge and oversee the tests (ie not mindcraft). The independant reviewer should really set up the test conditions, oversea the tests and release the results.
2. Review tests (testing on a range of performance levels seems nice). something simpler that the folks at home can emulate, without selling the house and the 3 kids. The "specific" hardware setup chosen seems a bit bleeding edge, and could have been chosen because of specific stuff put into NT to make it work well.
3. Why can't a linux expert add there own "special" patch, get latest versions etc. Thats what linux is all about, and really if you put that much money into the hardware to squeeze all the performance out of it, You'd likely spend a bit of time tinkering with the software, build a reduced kernel with only the required stuff, that sort of thing. This being another advantage of open source software.
4. Spread it over several sessions over several weeks, release all the intermediate results and get feedback over the web etc, to apply to the later tests. Many people would love to participate in (an attempting to) rub MS nose in something.
5. Make it an annual event.