Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:11:05 -0700 From: Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: this is probably a little touchy to ask... Message-ID: <20100914221105.GA2760@libertas.local.camdensoftware.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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--DocE+STaALJfprDB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Quoth Randal L. Schwartz on Tuesday, 14 September 2010: > >>>>> "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 =2E.. and Oracle makes for a large bedfellow, with a reputation for a painful embrace. --=20 Sterling (Chip) Camden | sterling@camdensoftware.com | 2048D/3A978E4F http://camdensoftware.com | http://chipstips.com | http://chipsquips= .com --DocE+STaALJfprDB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJMj/L5AAoJEIpckszW26+RDboIAJdIIk90WuQgv34fcQsq/zO+ B/Rb+ldeskVO+dVwjkWsEJ9tPi+/L4keEYloeZtVYJrKawXRyqHLDwXLQ3eph2V3 QaGyq/0K1dH9rCijgCYx7n74YXYCxAtfYkXmfdYh3DZrtt1zsOSJv6Y+JeOGuPbA 2s+DSgqZdAC/VVfJVZpk5mAttLDh80dva4GB3WjqcCUdNUFbPMEQ3+0MvIuMOQDb LBgItkYrwkoIHXrUiDsxQIkxNrrlCoUGwDhQruhq7uqpd/WCRWu6+wkxnnfZoMnJ zNy42dbIjEcaRgleztG4PRuqza9a0/8F6TmQHvtrWeY3aQK6aOp4P+yuWNHAgvE= =d0pU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --DocE+STaALJfprDB--
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