On Thu, Feb 23, 2012, at 09:37 AM, Ed Leafe wrote: > On Feb 23, 2012, at 8:39 AM, Alan Bourke wrote: > > > Don't see Java going away any time soon to be honest. > > It's not going away for the foreseeable future. However, more and more > people are uncomfortable with betting their company on a proprietary product > controlled by a single company. Sound familiar? >
I don't pretend to understand the licencing intricacies, but isn't the OpenJDK initiative supposed to remove the 'betting the company' risk? I notice that the more recent Linux distros I've looked at (like Mint) have OpenJDK by default, and IcedTea browser plugins etc. -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
