Not to mention his Mig. Stationed somewhere in Europe. Somewhere in Italy if I'm not mistaken.
Compulsory company culture knowledge when you're working at Oracle ! :-) On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 17:10, Kevin Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > And the yacht runs on unicorn tears... that's some pretty expensive fuel :) > > > On 2 September 2010 16:06, Robert Casto <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I think the question is... >> >> "What are your options if the JVM is not a viable option?" >> >> If you are a Java developer of 10+ years which many of us are, it is a big >> change. What do we suggest to our employers when Oracle says you need to pay >> me $12,000 per CPU to run Java? >> >> That might be an exaggeration, but perhaps not. They charge quite a bit >> for the database. If they succeed at forcing Google to license and now >> everyone has to start paying to use the JVM and other virtual machines that >> fall under their patents, there are going to be major repercussions. >> >> The OpenJDK might be an option and with some work could become a >> production ready VM. >> >> So while the ideas tossed around here may land some people in trouble with >> lawsuits, it is still a brainstorming session as far as I can tell. Options >> are being looked at and weighed. The hope I think is that if the worst >> happens, there are other options instead of everyone paying to fuel Elison's >> yacht. >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Reinier Zwitserloot >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> This thread started based on the idea that java is no longer an option >>> due to the oracle lawsuits, and has evolved into a thread that >>> suggests java alternatives that still let you mostly use either your >>> java code or at least your java knowledge on other platforms that >>> aren't java but quite a lot like it. >>> >>> Uh... WTF? >>> >>> The lawsuits are not suing java users. They are suing users of >>> something that isn't java but looks rather a lot like it. Following >>> the advice in this thread is exactly the wrong thing to do if you're >>> worried about the lawsuits. >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Robert Casto >> www.robertcasto.com >> >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > > > -- > Kevin Wright > > mail/google talk: [email protected] > wave: [email protected] > pulse: kev.lee.wright > skype: kev.lee.wright > twitter: @thecoda > > -- > 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.
