Java is cross platform, and it's arguably one of the most commonly used interpreted languages...
By Freeing it, it gives a Free development platform that already covers GNU/Linux, Solaris, *BSD, Windows and Mac. It has the potential to, in a very real way, put Free Software on every computer in the world. Ubuntu, however, is the most popular distro among desktops that controls a very small segment of the "market". All "linux" distros combined have had a relatively small impact on hardware manufacturers, let alone a SINGLE distro. On 4/16/07, Mitch Wiedemann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yoni Rabkin Katzenell wrote: >> Canonical's move (if it happens) can hardly be put in the same category. >> > > I'm not trying to be facetious, but I can't imagine why not. > Perhaps it's a matter of relativity. Canonical, while creating a more free version of their product is at the same time creating a less-free version. Why should they get props from the FSF for making people less free than they were the version before? Java is moving in a forward direction: Less free --> more free. -- Mitch Wiedemann Ithaca Free Software Association http://ithacafreesoftware.org Free Software Foundation Member #3167 http://www.fsf.org PGP: 0xEF98FDB9 _______________________________________________ gNewSense-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users
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