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Sun has created and owns Java and is Sun who will decide what it will do with it.

If you can make a sound business case that opwn-sourcin Java will improve significantly their bottom line with no drawbacks, they'll do it. Otherwise they won't.

It's as simple as that.
Posted by: Ardian Daka   Posted on: 03/16/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Come on Sun, open source it.  DonnieBoy | 03/16/04
Call Me Ignorant, But...  mappwl | 03/16/04
Yes, there is confusion in the name "open source".  DonnieBoy | 03/16/04
Yes, there is confusion in the name "open source".  seosamh_z | 03/16/04
Sun is a hardware / systems company, don't have to make money on software  DonnieBoy | 03/16/04
Re: Come on Sun, open source it  zkiwi | 03/16/04
Java is too slow and full of bugs!  US Chistian | 03/16/04
so buggy and slow it's used on millions of cellphones  hipparchus | 03/16/04
he was talking about ms java (NT)  JWatson77 | 03/16/04
Java IS slow  d_jedi | 03/17/04
Well it works  IT_User | 03/16/04
You mean J# right?  OhMyGosh | 03/17/04
No benchmarks, but..  d_jedi | 03/17/04
You are right  sepulcro | 06/24/05
Does Sun support Open Source???  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/16/04
Sun struggling to find new business model  hipparchus | 03/16/04
Sun and Java  Ardian Daka | 03/16/04
Sensible  Taz_z | 03/16/04
need more specifics in news stories  hipparchus | 03/16/04
Aahh, come on Sun, IBM asked really nice  FilledOut | 03/16/04
they offer java free and opensourced the ide  JWatson77 | 03/16/04
they offer java free and opensourced the ide  seosamh_z | 03/16/04
The IDE sucks  sepulcro | 06/24/05
why not?  ryusen | 03/16/04
Let IBM leak "The Code"  John Zern | 03/16/04
How to break Open Source 101  quietLee | 03/17/04
Linux has no forking problems  CobraA1 | 06/04/04

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