>Exactly competition is good. But I'm afraid a differ with you Ken on
>what competition, I would prefer just competing implmentations, not
>competing platforms (though even that in some ways is a good idea, eg.
>one OS is not a good idea).
You're right on both, within the Java(c) world competing implementations is
good. While on a larger scale there needs to be a competing platform.
Somewhat like you said, the perfect example is the dominance of Windows.
>Now hopefully some people from Sun are still reading this list (we've
>seen evidence of it in the past) and that all these discussions are not
>going to waste.
Yet actions speak louder than words. Sun has historically given much more
consideration to its licencees than their devlopers and I have little
confidence in the idea that what is spoken on this mailing list has any
influence in the board room.
>So speaking for myself, I am giving up my expectations of Sun supporting
>linux and am working on OSS implementations of java. If SUn does change
>their minds, I'll be happy to be pleasently surprised, but if not I hope
>to have an alternative to rely on.
An alternative to Java(c) or Sun's JDK code?
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