Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2005 12:49:15 -0700 From: Tom Vilot <tom@vilot.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Cc: tedm@toybox.placo.com Subject: Re: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java Message-ID: <41DC44BB.8020608@vilot.com> In-Reply-To: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNCEPAEPAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> References: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNCEPAEPAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
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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.
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