The JDK/JRE are already a free download. Applications developed with the JDK are freely distributable. You can also fix bugs in the source (which comes with the jdk) and send them to Sun.
The only thing that can't be done is distributing multiple JDK/JRE on a CD without a license from Sun.
So I don't really get what the great benefits of open-sourcing are, other than Redhat, Suse etc. being able to distribute JREs freely.
Voltages cause electric fields (e.g. connecting a wire to the socket).
Electric current cause magnetic fields (e.g. turning on an AC electric appliance).
I too remember arguing with a friend about C++. Back then, professional programmers had just switched from assembly to C. And almost everybody was certain that C++ was waay to slow for "real" applications. Almost a decade later, and C++ is now considered fast and Java slow.
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So it's ok to pay a hitman to assasinate your foe since you're not pulling the trigger?
The JDK/JRE are already a free download. Applications developed with the JDK are freely distributable. You can also fix bugs in the source (which comes with the jdk) and send them to Sun.
The only thing that can't be done is distributing multiple JDK/JRE on a CD without a license from Sun.
So I don't really get what the great benefits of open-sourcing are, other than Redhat, Suse etc. being able to distribute JREs freely.
Voltages cause electric fields (e.g. connecting a wire to the socket). Electric current cause magnetic fields (e.g. turning on an AC electric appliance).
Read about the human Kryptonite -- CRTs
I too remember arguing with a friend about C++. Back then, professional programmers had just switched from assembly to C. And almost everybody was certain that C++ was waay to slow for "real" applications. Almost a decade later, and C++ is now considered fast and Java slow.