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.
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