Yes all the languages and vms after java are better but they didn't take the heart of a past platform and change it ontop. Yes java took ideas from things before but they started pretty much from scratch. Java.Lang.string is not a direct copy of some elses property. Google took a shortcut thinking they were clever and saving money. They could/should have bought Sun. If they really love open source and java why didn't they buy Sun and continue to build it - just like Sun. Sun built java for others to make money. Problem was those making money didn't help their friend who had given them so much. Suns failures don't negate their achievements in java. Maybe they missed the boat with j2me but wow they built an empire in j2ee and j2se.
Google only created Android to make money they are not some charitable organisation that wants to give free search to the world. Stop being a fanboi, because they care less for you than Sun. So google gave you gmail wow, sun gave you a platform- for free. -- 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.
