John Sonnenschein wrote:
>
> On 2-Jul-07, at 8:01 AM, Ian Murdock wrote:
>
>> Glynn Foster wrote:
>>> Doug Scott wrote:
>>>>> Glynn Foster wrote:
>>>>>> Hey,
>>>>> Languages
>>>>> =========
>>>>> Specific Runtimes
>>>>>  o C/C++, Perl (5.8.4+), Python (2.5+)
>>>> Are you excluding Java?
>>> Preferably - it's a pretty huge component, so if I could avoid its 
>>> dependency,
>>> then I'd like to see it punted to the network repository.
>>
>> Java needs to be in the core so that developers targeting Solaris,
>> OpenSolaris, and OpenSolaris-derived distributions know with certainty
>> that it is present. Same goes for Perl and Python. Indeed, this is a big
>> part of why Java was open sourced--so it could get baked into the Linux
>> distros, ending the need for developers to work around the uncertainty
>> of whether or not it would be there (and, if so, which version was
>> there etc.). This is also why the Linux Standard Base is in the
>> process of adding Perl and Python to the next version (so that
>> the Linux distros can have some common baseline) and why Sun is
>> actively engaging with the LSB to ensure Java gets in as well.
>
> and why do we care?
>
> we're pushing /opensolaris/, NOT java... java's sun's other product.

Because Java Rock's!. The only problem has been in the past that Sun 
write some of the worst Java apps.
Have you un-installed it of the systems you use?

Doug
P.S. If you don't like Sun then why do you use Solaris?
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