Re: Questions for the Java Open Source "Debate" at JavaOne

Gerald Bauer wrote:
>   Tom writes:
> 
>  Sun invariably says that they can't think of what
> problems open source Java would solve that aren't
> already solved. Of course that's ridiculous.

Why?

> It is
> pretty hard for Linux vendors to ship a working JRE on
> their platform if they make any sort of changes at all

Well, that's the idea, isn't it?  Java is certified by Sun
to run the same on every platform it's licensed for, and
as a programmer who's been developing with Java for six
years, I depend on that.  Open-source it and it'll fork.

>   On top of this, non-free core software is something
> to be avoided in the community.

Only if you let ideology stand in your way.

> This overly-controlled
> approach on Sun's part is losing the Linux desktop to
> .NET.

Do you have some statistics to back that up?

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