Geir, I'll grant you that Sun could handle the Java community much worse than they do, but I still don't agree that having such a corporation in charge is a Good Thing. Or maybe I'm just being old-fashioned, and we should get rid of all those fuddy-duddy organisations like IETF or W3C and replace them by dynamic share-holder-value-driven corporations. :-)
Chris wie-so-gibts-keine-DDR-mehr Gray On Friday 19 May 2006 14:57, Geir Magnusson Jr wrote: > Chris Gray wrote: > >> Open Source java wouldn't be the same if there wasn't some standard to > >> follow and adhere to. If this "standard" is defined rather more by one > >> company than the rest - what is the real problem? > > > > The real problem is that if that company also markets an implementation > > of the standard, there will always be forces within the company which > > view all other implementations as competitors. > > Yes, but... :) > > It *is* one of the interesting things about the Java ecosystem - we are > all able to all work together in creating the specifications via the JCP > process, and then compete on implementation. > > It seems to have worked pretty well so far. > > geir > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Terms of use : http://incubator.apache.org/harmony/mailing.html > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Chris Gray /k/ Embedded Java Solutions BE0503765045 Embedded & Mobile Java, OSGi http://www.k-embedded-java.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] +32 3 216 0369 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Terms of use : http://incubator.apache.org/harmony/mailing.html To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
