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I am not going to speak much for now..It is a pleasure to read the comments of experts..Sit back and enjoy the discussion.. Thanks, JD On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 11:44 PM, Carl Jokl <[email protected]> wrote: > It I were CEO of Oracle? > > Where do I begin? *pretends like he hasn't imaged exactly what he > would do a million times already*. > > I would reinstate Sun Microsystems and leave to be CEO of that. > > I would create the Java 3 platform which I would name "Aurora" to > commemorate Sun rising again. > This platform would be a glorious and beautiful version of Java > refactored to perfection. I would break backwards compatibility for > the greater good. The Aurora platform would have amazing alternative > profiles to work on mobile devices. > Aurora would be a bit more low level than Java given that its purpose > is to be the C of the VM and would leave other languages on the VM to > deal with higher level stuff such as pure object orientation. > > I would adapt the VM so that it can cope with multiple bytecode > systems. The VM will be unified and beautiful able to run both Aurora > and .Net and Flash bytecode systems and each platform would be able to > invoke code from the other platforms. > I would set free Java in the mobile space so that companies could use > it royalty free in hope that this will help improve its compatibility > but also have an task force for fighting the fragmentation. > > I would push the new Aurora platform into the Game development space > and make is perform really well for games and make the case for the > platform making it much easier to port games between different > Operating Systems and consoles. > > I would attempt to reconcile the conflict between the whole HTML 5 > space and plugin technology with the new unified virtual machine. A > version of this virtual machine will be adapted to be embedded in > browsers to act as the JavaScript engine as well as the base for > JavaFX, Flash and Silverlight. This will allow servers and clients to > compile the JavaScript into bytecode to run in the browser. This will > not be a plugin but rather an integral part of the browser. Because it > is bytecode other languages besides JavaScript can be compiled to the > approved APIs so people can develop the browser code in whatever > language they prefer. This system will allow Server Side technologies > to seamlessly serialize object back and fourth between the server and > client. > > I would also devise a new neutral device driver format which allows > for drivers to be able to be compiled to bytecode in a neutral way and > run through and O/S processor to convert it into a device driver for > that platform and in so doing put the different O/S platforms on more > equal footing for drivers and make not having drivers available on a > given platform a thing of the past. > > Solaris will go through lots of modernisation. > > I would pursue Java on a chip technology to make VMs easier to embed > into all kinds of places. Better...faster....stronger Sun Spots and > more. > The Ultra Sparc would become cooler and include graphics cores and > stuff. > > Sooner or later I think Sun would go bankrupt all over again in a > blaze of innovative glory most likely depending if I am allowed to be > like a multi trillionare...somehow. > > Also in this alternate universe am I allowed to have a big space > station shaped like a giant white rose that sits in the zero gravity > point between Earth and the Moon? > > -- > 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]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- 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.
