Re: Need some Help with Advocacy re: Java vs. Perl

[Simon Cozens]

Madeline Schnapp (lists.advocacy):
>All that being said, one of the things that is happening around Java is
>that bazillions of companies are using Java to create products which are
>entering the marketplace en masse creating buzz.

I've got it. Why has nobody mentioned this yet?

Java sells because those stuck in the closed source world don't have
to distribute their code. (Yes, I know, Perl bytecode. But realistically.)

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