[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
it may be possible to actually fix these bugs for the broader Java community.
Scwartz is even hinting that Java may one day be open source too! This would be so sweet and make too much sense to be reality.
Not to start another religious war over "Open Source Java" but...
does it even matter if Sun open-sources their JVM or not? The language
of the JCP specs, if I understand correctly, allows compatible open-source implementations; and there are already several projects underway to develop open-source JVM's and Java class libraries.
See Kaffe, GCJ, SableVM, JikesRVM, ElectricalFire, and probably others (and yes, I'm aware that ElectricalFire is not really active right now, but there is code out there that somebody could pick up and run with).
I suggest that anyone who is enamored with the idea of open-source Java
should contribute to one of those projects, or GNU Classpath, and quit
worrying about what Sun does. If they open their code eventually, great. If not, the F/OSS community will carry on without them.
TTYL,
Phil -- North Carolina - First In Freedom
Free America - Vote Libertarian www.lp.org
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