Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 10:18:56 +0300 From: Achilleas Mantzios <achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com> To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: this is probably a little touchy to ask... Message-ID: <201009151018.57300.achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com> In-Reply-To: <86zkvk2f92.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> References: <AANLkTi=7sTm12NUdAeRrX1ZUsSveS9k7dk=hc%2BgWV9jK@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTin2sDbKKBQfEhUFNfG1fbN2LjNZ0mSLJknEBKvk@mail.gmail.com> <86zkvk2f92.fsf@red.stonehenge.com>
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Java (vs oracle) will not die, just like BSDvs AT&T) did not die, just like= TCP/IP (vs msoft/ibm/SNA) did not die, in other words, its very hard to kill the good guys, (especially when they = are popular). =CE=A3=CF=84=CE=B9=CF=82 Wednesday 15 September 2010 00:21:13 =CE=BF/=CE=B7= Randal L. Schwartz =CE=AD=CE=B3=CF=81=CE=B1=CF=88=CE=B5: > >>>>> "Jules" =3D=3D Jules Gilbert <jules.stocks@gmail.com> writes: >=20 > Jules> Now, if Oracle won't adjust their thinking, I intend to look at Ja= va > Jules> sub-systems that are supplied and built by other people than Oracl= e. > Jules> (It's called Open Source.) >=20 > And that's what I tried to say in my last few posts. Given Oracle's > apparent stance to own Java not by copyright but by patent, it doesn't > *matter* that Java is "open source". We'll have to wait until Oracle > v. Google is decided, but unless Google can invalidate Oracle's > *patents* on Java, Java is effectively dead, unless you want to sleep in > Oracle's bed. >=20 =2D-=20 Achilleas Mantzios
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