> True, but legislation and lawsuits seems to be just as much a ridiculous > means to an end in Europe
Yes, now we're talking two different things though, patents vs. monopoly/antitrust. The former protects companies, the latter protects the consumers. > Again, my experience, does not have to match yours. We just see it in different ways. I would love to see Java and the JRE modernized and revitalized, but that's just not going to happen - there's too much bloat and compatibility. That's pretty much what Cay Horstmann confirmed in the last podcast. It has always been my interpretation that there are two branches/ communities, the pragmatic hacker community and the official committee community. The latter talks the talk, the former walks the walk. The truth is we need a little bit of both, but they sure don't seem to mix very well these days. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
