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Thanks Sun, and watch out!
Sun deserves much thanks for Open Office. I use it exclusively and love it. Thanks Scott and Sun!

A word of warning.
MS seeks to supplant Java with C# and .Net through Longhorn. The only way to fend them off is to proliferate Java technology. The only realistic way to do this is with an OSS lisence of some sort.

With Open Office and the user freindly Java Desktop System (built on SuSE) Sun is already a respected OSS force and Open sourcing Java would put them in a unique position to realize much success in the rapidly growing OSS World.
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Java source? Like anyone would care..  Mike Cox | 02/13/04
hardly used  guido_z | 02/13/04
yes, you are correct  JWatson77 | 02/13/04
"Weakness"?  CobraA1 | 02/14/04
int[,] or int [][]?  fgjensen | 02/14/04
The main problem with .net is  hal9000mx | 02/14/04
Please explain.  chrichton99 | 02/14/04
More like 20  rapson | 02/14/04
Nice troll  HellScream | 02/16/04
Not Microsoft toys  archerjoe | 02/17/04
CIO of what?  mike@... | 02/17/04
Scott, we love you, we love Sun, but release the code!!!!  DonnieBoy | 02/13/04
Are you a total fool?  Mike Cox | 02/13/04
lol  mikeybrass | 02/13/04
don't feel bad!  guido_z | 02/13/04
nope, we would then have a windows only java again  JWatson77 | 02/13/04
What?  zd-spam | 02/14/04
Java has no OS restrictions now, lets keep it that way?  NemesisNL | 02/15/04
Interesting  rapson | 02/13/04
not difficult  guido_z | 02/13/04
Very difficult...  vferrara | 02/13/04
differences  guido_z | 02/14/04
Wrong direction  rapson | 02/14/04
think so?  guido_z | 02/14/04
Agree and disagree  rapson | 02/14/04
we saw what would happen with ms java  JWatson77 | 02/13/04
Yes, they would improve it. LOL  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/14/04
Oh puh-lease  CobraA1 | 02/17/04
Why?  rapson | 02/14/04
I think you misunderstood...  Plain Logic | 02/15/04
I don't think I did  rapson | 02/15/04
Sun too tightly bound up to release the Holy Grail  FilledOut | 02/13/04
Thanks Sun, and watch out!  Tim Patterson | 02/14/04
Dual License  zd-spam | 02/14/04
As if Open Source was not already BUG riddled software  Jose.Pinchero | 02/15/04
proprietary stuff no better  CobraA1 | 02/17/04
MSN payroll  prrawlins | 02/17/04
'Open Sores' or I mean Open Scorge  Jose.Pinchero | 02/15/04
No fun of Sun but they're right  Ardian Daka | 02/16/04
Miss-spelling: FUN should read FAN (NT)  Ardian Daka | 02/16/04
The Java code is FULL of bugs!!!  idnew2005@... | 02/16/04
Name one  CobraA1 | 02/17/04
No full of bugs, just full of Sun  FilledOut | 02/17/04
Open Source (yeah, right)  carhouse@... | 02/16/04

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