On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 6:09 PM, Orlando Andico <[email protected]> wrote: > As a corollary to Doc Mana's last statement... > > It seems that so long as a piece of software is profitable, there is > no incentive to Free it. > > Java, you may argue... but look at Sun struggling. They've never > managed to monetize Java effectively.
in fact, it looks like Sun is taking the road towards making Java non-free again. There's a "No Java 7" meme going around which says there won't be a Java 7 JSR (Java Specification Request). While there will be a JDK 7, it won't be under an open spec process. It's Complicated... http://www.jroller.com/scolebourne/entry/no_more_java_7 _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
