Tom, Have you tried any of the alternative implementations of Java? Sun's isn't the only one out there.
Ted > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tom Vilot > Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 11:49 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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 > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"