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What would open-sourcing Java accomplish?
>> think Sun could gain a lot by offering an open source version of Java. It would become the defacto standard in an instant, and probably all but kill C#/.NET. <<

And open-sourcing it would achieve this.. how?
Posted by: d_jedi   Posted on: 09/24/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Just warms the heart  FilledOut | 09/24/04
What Hypocrites  htotten | 09/24/04
How dare you point out facts!!!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/24/04
Don't worry  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/24/04
Excuse my ignorance, but...  Michael Kelly | 09/24/04
Enterprise management.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/24/04
If I'm wrong correct me, but...  Michael Kelly | 09/24/04
No facts here, move along  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/24/04
They are Both Hypocrites  P. Douglas | 09/24/04
Red Hat is fully committed to Open Source  jwulf | 09/24/04
THANK YOU.  doe_z | 09/24/04
Facts don't belong here  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/24/04
thank you  sqr(cos(180)) | 09/24/04
What hypocrisy?  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/24/04
Be quiet  Kamakazii | 09/24/04
What's yours is ours, what's mine is mine.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/24/04
Shudders..  d_jedi | 09/24/04
Walking the talk  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/24/04
Interesting  michael-t | 09/24/04
Explain  daver_z | 09/24/04
Duh  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 09/24/04
What Microsoft did was try to destroy Java and make it incompatible.  DonnieBoy | 09/24/04
What would open-sourcing Java accomplish?  d_jedi | 09/24/04
Re: What would open-sourcing Java accomplish  P. Douglas | 09/24/04
Oh, I get it...  d_jedi | 09/24/04
It would imediately be distributed with every Linux/Unix distribution.  DonnieBoy | 09/25/04
Been there, done that  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/24/04
You presume wrong  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 09/24/04
Red Hat exec takes Sun to task on open source  Loverock Davidson | 09/24/04
Sun attacked RH in a blog first  rpmyers1 | 09/24/04
My bad  Loverock Davidson | 09/24/04
Sun has been at it....  doe_z | 09/25/04
No carte blanche for patent infringement  d_jedi | 09/24/04
Isn't competition great!!  DonnieBoy | 09/24/04
Are all open source people whiners? (NT)  NonZealot | 09/24/04
Just two companies competing, nothing more.  DonnieBoy | 09/24/04
Some truth  Harry Butts | 09/24/04
???  AZflyman | 09/25/04
Schwartz is a Real Sentimental Guy  P. Douglas | 09/24/04
one to talk  V Sanders | 09/24/04
Two companies going the way of the dinosaur  Mike Cox | 09/24/04
Ha!  daver_z | 09/24/04
Re: "My rep delivered me" . . .  Plain Logic | 09/24/04
Mike Cox  sqr(cos(180)) | 09/24/04
Get over this sun/M$ thing please... Its way too old  edward@... | 09/25/04
Love those Virus  AZflyman | 09/25/04
8.0  CobraA1 | 09/26/04
You can have it.  djc1309@... | 09/27/04
funny you should say that...  john.gruber@... | 09/28/04
Just got some Office 2003 source code  Mike Cox | 09/24/04
Was one of the "critical Office functions" . . .  Plain Logic | 09/24/04
Sounds like Sun Started it  daver_z | 09/24/04
re : Duh  V Sanders | 09/25/04
What is the point  Darkintent | 09/26/04

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