On Aug 17, 7:34 am, mP <miroslav.poko...@gmail.com> wrote: > They created the entire universe that we call Java. If Java has no > value, G would have started their own different thing. The tools, OSS, > the community that only exists because of Sun. Out of all the big > companies in computing, Sun would have to be at the top in terms of > honour and sticking your principals even if it costs you $. Sun never > sold out for $, something thats hard to find from other companies.
Oak/Java was the result of another evolutionary step from other languages, just as C#/Scala/Fan is today. The value Google saw in Java was probably first and foremost the community of existing developers, not the language by itself. I think most of us can agree that Java by itself is largely inferior and unnecessarily complicated. > Nonsense, they make zillions from advertising. Having a smart phone > platform that uses the internet today means they can start making from > ads today. The IPhone is closed, web apps are second class citizens. > You dont even get ads when you hook up your gmail from an iphone. Sure, but that has nothing to do with Google being greedy as you claimed. Google has an ad presence everywhere, incl. the mobile segment which is slated to become bigger than everything else. Btw. I get no ads when I fire up gmail on my Android, but if you get the free version of some commercial app, the platform can show you ads - that makes both the developer and consumer happy. If you count yourself safe because you have an iPhone, realize that Apple just bought Quattro to do the same thing on their platform. /Casper -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
