More Sun news: Sun promises to open-source Java

[Andrew Zajac]

On 5/17/06, Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> wrote:
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> I agree (with all your points) but nothing has changed to make those
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> more valid now than 12 (?) years ago when Java was released.  So positive
> as the announcement is, I'll _still_ be surprised.  But very, very, happy!
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> derek


I think the people at Sun are changing.  Maybe a partial, conservative and
slow adoption of open source (if not software freedom) if successful, is
better for the free-libre software landscape than nothing?

I'm rooting for them to get it right and not fall flat so that others can
follow suit.


azz
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