[OT]Re: [plug] ESR to Sun: Let Java Go

[Joel Realubit]

I guess what's stopping Sun is the prospect that, if they open up their 
Java specifications, Microsoft will run away with their own Java 
implementation (again). while i'm not sure if specs can be "GPL'd" (can 
it?), if they suddenly release their JDK and JRE's  as open-source 
projects, then i dont think microsoft will be able to steal enough 
thunder to dominate Java development as a whole.

my 2-cents only ;-)

Joel

lito lampitoc wrote:

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"The open-source community has been hearing reports that you have
recently said of Sun Microsystem's strategy "The open-source model is
our friend". We're glad to hear that, and Sun's support of
OpenOffice.org certainly puts some weight behind the claim. But that
support is curiously inconsistent, spotty in ways which suggests that
Sun is confused in the way it thinks about and executes its open-source
strategy.
more at: http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/let-java-go.html

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