Not a bash, just the facts

Kenneth P. Turvey kt-usenet at squeakydolphin.com
Sat Mar 25 20:47:10 UTC 2006


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On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 18:23:03 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:

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> The real solution here is to have Sun agree to GPL Java. It's not like
> they will lose anything by doing that. Can you realistically see anyone
> knocking Sun off the top spot re Java?

I think we are really minimizing what Sun has to lose.  Microsoft already
tried the "embrace and extend" nonsense with Java.  Why would anyone think
it wouldn't happen again with a GPL'd Java?

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Kenneth P. Turvey <kt-usenet at squeakydolphin.com>

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