Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 11:57:12 -0800 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Tom Vilot" <tom@vilot.com>, <questions@freebsd.org> Cc: Paul_Krill@infoworld.com Subject: RE: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java Message-ID: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNGEPAEPAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <41DC44BB.8020608@vilot.com>
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Tom, Have you tried any of the alternative implementations of Java? Sun's isn't the only one out there. Ted > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Tom Vilot > Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 11:49 AM > To: questions@freebsd.org > Cc: Paul_Krill@infoworld.com; tedm@toybox.placo.com > Subject: Re: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java > > > 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. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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