Just hope IBM and Oracle do the right thing for Java.
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 8:49 PM, work only <[email protected]> wrote: > "rest of the world into thinking the UK still has > the same influence as it did during the 1800" > > a bit like the USA today. > > > > On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 7:32 PM, Miroslav Pokorny > <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 8:19 PM, Russel Winder <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On Wed, 2010-10-13 at 19:54 +1100, Miroslav Pokorny wrote: >>> > I wonder how much this is an example of the British policy of >>> > mangnificant isolation and so where they would make alliances that >>> > resulted in the status quo remaining the same, avoiding any one power >>> > becoming too strong. Its not so much the value gained from the >>> > alliance but rather that it keeps weaken some competitors at the >>> > expense of improving the situation of others. >>> >>> USA, Japan, China have had isolationist periods, but I am not sure UK >>> has ever done that sort of thing. Quite the opposite, the UK government >>> still tries to con the rest of the world into thinking the UK still has >>> the same influence as it did during the 1800s. >>> >> >> The USA has not had an isolationist policy since WW2 - in case you have >> forgotten, they have started more wars and enacted more military actions etc >> in the last 50 years than everyone else put together. >> >> >>> >>> Interestingly there are many parallels between the recent behaviours of >>> the major US computing-related corporations and the behaviours of the >>> European governments in the 1860--1914 period. >>> >>> -- >>> Russel. >>> >>> ============================================================================= >>> Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: >>> sip:[email protected] >>> 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: [email protected] >>> London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder >> >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splendid_isolation >> >> Splendid Isolation was the foreign policy pursued by Britain during the late >> 19th century, under the Conservative premierships of Benjamin Disraeli and >> the Marquess of Salisbury. The term was actually coined by a Canadian >> politician to praise Britain's lack of involvement in European affairs. >> There is much debate between historians over whether this policy was >> intentional or whether Britain simply was forced into the position by >> contemporary events. >> >> .. now replace Britain with say IBM and European affairs with 'java" is my >> original statement fair ? >> >> -- >> mP >> >> -- >> 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.
