On 9 November 2010 22:45, Fabrizio Giudici <[email protected]>wrote:
> On 11/09/2010 10:35 PM, Casper Bang wrote: > >> A round of applause from my little home office if they follow through >>> with it. >>> >> Yeah you are making that very clear here and via Twitter. Listen, >> either Java is an open standard, or it's not! And if it's not, then >> Java's greatest asset (being an open standard) falls under the >> category of false marketing and Oracle should be held accountable. If >> Apache were a large corporation with lots of cash, they could sue... >> > I don't take this. Apache, like FSF, is the inventor and promoter of a > licensing scheme that implies legal protection. Thus, I assume that they are > perfectly equipped for lawsuits (and since the question arose from the old > Sun times, they could sue Sun in a moment of weakness). bogus logic - there are people who invent and promote defence systems, but that doesn't mean they're personally ready to declare war on someone Thus, I completely agree with Chris that there were no legal basis for > anything. Now, I've just read at DZone that they're menacing a vote against > Java 7. Now I declare myself in the bag of people that got tired of this. > This point is lost, let's move on to next one. We're been complaining with > Sun for years because of the stall, and now that we have a roadmap we're > going to boycott it? Crazy. > > Sure, Java is not an open standard. In the perfect world it would be, but a > working, vibrant open technology that is not an open standard is better than > nothing. > > > -- > Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager > Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." > java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici - www.tidalwave.it/people > [email protected] > > -- > 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. > -- Cheers, Stuart -- 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.
