>Try to imagine what makes Sun officials worry more: > >- the guy who pushed java technology in the ASF since '97 and was so >efficient with his java-lover friends that the ASF has more than 70% of >its code written in Java and now thinks seriously at >abandoning the boat >because java technical evolution can't stand the rate of community >evolution > >- the java enthusiasts who is going to sit in front of the moscone >center in order to change Sun official's minds about Java licensing >saying that they lied to him because instead of giving him >100% of their >intellectual property, they gave him just 90% and now they are keeping >the 10% for them > >Now tell me: who is wasting his time?
Could we sit down a second and just ask ourself if OpenSource need J2EE ? What's the opinion of ASF members about the current JDK J2SE 1.3 ? Can't we start from the latest J2SE 1.3 and add the missing pieces ? If J2EE became too restrictive, why not stay with J2SE 1.3 ? One of the jakarta strength is to provide very powerfull tools, api and applications for java community and could provide valid alternatives to costly or closed technology... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
