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

Glenn Holmer wrote:
> 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.
> 

OTOH it is really annoying when I find a simple bug in javamail that 
could by fixed with two lines of code, but not be able to get a fix 
until the next annual official release.

Why would you assume that open source developers will fork it in a way 
that breaks compatibility?  Why do you think they'd want to do that?


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