> From: Alan Coopersmith [mailto:alan.coopersm...@oracle.com] > Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2010 1:56 PM > > Edward Ned Harvey wrote > > Was java anything other than a money pit for sun to dump cash into? > Did > > anybody ever pay for it? > > Yes - for instance, all the cell phone makers who paid Sun to license > Java for their cell phones.
It was dumb of me to assume nobody pays for java - just as it is sometimes dumb when people assume nobody pays for solaris. Out of curiosity (and I know this is OT) ... Java is free to use, develop on, and distribute. What do people pay for? When a cell phone mfgr pays for java, what are they using, that wasn't available for free? Thanks for the enlightenment, sorry for the ignorance... _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
