I very much like Carl's prescription for fixing the mess that Java is in, i.e. handing it over to an independent foundation.
Now here's a thought experiment. Perform a search/replace on what Carl said, replacing Sun with IBM and replacing Java with Eclipse. The result describes almost exactly what actually happened in 2003-04! IBM set Eclipse free, and as a result its popularity and importance grew far faster than would have been the case if they had insisted on a "first amongst equals" position. Ultimately this benefited IBM just as much as it benefited the rest of the Eclipse community. Of course in an independent Java Foundation, Sun would still be the biggest contributor and thus a very important voice, as IBM is in the Eclipse Foundation. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
