+1, I think this might drive some positive changes. Kirk
On Aug 29, 2010, at 4:13 PM, Cédric Beust ♔ wrote: > > > On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 5:37 AM, Jan Goyvaerts <[email protected]> wrote: > This is another sad chapter in Java's history... > > > In my opinion, pulling out of JavaOne this way is not going to help the Java > community now, or is it ? Especially for people not related to Oracle. And > certainly for those who were counting on Google's sessions. > > Sorry to say it, but this was not exactly a mature thing to do. > > I'm pretty sure that Google didn't have any choice from a legal standpoint. > > Again in my personal opinion, I miss the point about how this is going to > hurt Oracle. I would agree were Google to abandon Java altogether right now > to start on their own. But I guess they aren't. I'm afraid this only hurts > Java and its community. > > I think Oracle is irrelevant to Java's future just like Sun has been > irrelevant to Java's future for the past ten years. This lawsuit is very > unfortunate but it won't have much effect on Java overall. > > -- > Cédric > > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
