-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 8/17/10 09:32 , Casper Bang wrote: >> 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. > > Both Google and Sun were corporations that needs to make their > shareholders happy, the differences is how they do it. Stop being > a Sun fan-boy, the company is dead and you should let it rest in > peace and celebrate what it achieved rather than what it didn't. > Even it's father has accepted this and moved on, and so should you > rather than fantasizing about would-be empires of the past. > He just said "they care less for you than Sun". I think this is a well-founded statement. Basically Sun open sourced every single asset they owned (with very few exceptions). OTOH I don't see Google open sourcing any of its services (the search engine, GAE, GMail and the other bazillion ones). I think they would be crazy if they did. But the point is that they aren't doing that.
He's not fantasizing about the past; he's only trying to point out a criterion to judge Google (and Oracle) more obiectively, keeping in mind the experience from the past. - -- Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici - www.tidalwave.it/people fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkxqP1MACgkQeDweFqgUGxfqjACgoPgC2Q7/HSPp5HX1N+fovVxP Nv0AnAss+kIYCgDcNSOAg52/R0jt5Sdv =WbwH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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.
