Not a bash, just the facts

Kenneth P. Turvey kt-usenet at squeakydolphin.com
Sat Mar 25 22:19:50 UTC 2006


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On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 17:09:50 -0500, Eugene Vilensky wrote:

> "
> 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?"
> 
> Because its GPL.

All that means is that they would have to release the source to their
Windows only extensions.  It doesn't prevent the incompatible and highly
marketed fork.  

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

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