In any case, as I read it, the implication is that oracle simply doesn't want to be involved, not that anything will be going away.
Simon Am 08.03.2018 um 08:36 schrieb Frederik Ramm: > Hi, > > On 08.03.2018 00:06, Vincent Privat wrote: >> I'm not sure what it implies for the long-term development of JOSM, but >> nothing good I fear. > I wouldn't be too concerned. With all due respect for your coding work, > I don't think that the actual program code is the essential thing about > JOSM. It's the functionality and user interface, the decade-long (!) > evolution that has given us the powerful tool we have today. > > You could sit down today and re-implement everything in, say, C++, and > it would be relatively straightforward, and while the result would not > share any of JOSM's codebase, it would still encapsulate all the > experience and brainpower that has flown into JOSM development over the > years. > > I think what is essential about JOSM will live on even if Java should die. > > Bye > Frederik >
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