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Date:      Wed, 05 Jan 2005 12:49:15 -0700
From:      Tom Vilot <tom@vilot.com>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        tedm@toybox.placo.com
Subject:   Re: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java
Message-ID:  <41DC44BB.8020608@vilot.com>
In-Reply-To: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNCEPAEPAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
References:  <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNCEPAEPAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>

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Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:

>  I think there is a story there for you but more along the lines of:
>"Sun's wishy-washy licensing terms driving people away from Java"
>

Agreed.

Sun has screwed up the licensing of Java from the start. Their deal with 
Microsoft early on made that clear to me.

I prefer to use just about any other tool (except, of course, for 
JSP/.NET, etc). Python, Perl, ... any other tool will do the jobs I need 
done and I can avoid the sluggishness of Java, the licensing 
ambiguities, and the dependence on a company that is *not* a software 
company to begin with!

Grrrr..

 > Please state your specific affiliation with FreeBSD.

None. Just a user.



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