Another good article about the Java Trap: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20100813112425821
"Oracle declared its love for Linux. Then it told the kernel guys the changes it wants from them. They want it to be more like Unix. heh heh. That's a time-tested way to get what you want from the Linux kernel guys. Make demands. Not. If Oracle wants to be loved back by Linux, they need to learn what conduct is acceptable to the FOSS community, so it doesn't blunder the way it has been. We don't care about your money any more than we cared about Microsoft's. Or your power. Neither power or money motivates FOSS. It's about something bigger than that. And you get to make buckets of money from Linux, I must say. Google built their world on it. And as I said, Oracle distributes it too. Which is why Google would have been smart to use the GPL'd version of Java, in my opinion." On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 9:15 AM, Chris Penn <[email protected]> wrote: > This is why GPL is sooo much better. > > Another Article regarding Oracle attacking anyone who uses Java: > http://blogs.computerworld.com/16736/oracle_vs_google_over_java_in_android_is_only_the_start > > > Chris... > > On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 4:15 PM, David Kaiser <[email protected]> wrote: >> Yes, definitely a "no surprise" deal. >> >> "If an open source product gets good enough, we'll simply take it." >> -Larry Ellison >> >> http://us.ft.com/ftgateway/superpage.ft?news_id=fto041820061306424713 >> >> (Saw this yesterday from Brian Aker, >> http://twitter.com/brianaker/status/21022038008 ) >> >> >> >> On 8/13/2010, "Chris Penn" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>Lumsden: OpenSolaris canceled >>>http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.os.solaris.opensolaris.general/52752 >>> >>>"We will no longer distribute source code for the entirety of the >>>Solaris operating system in real-time while it is developed, on a >>>nightly basis." >>> >>>Oracle Sues Google Over Android: What's Up with That? >>>http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20100813101123406 >>> >>>"Oracle has brought a suit for patent infringement against Google, >>>asserting that the Java elements incorporated into Google’s Android >>>operating system infringe patents that Oracle acquired when it took >>>over Sun Microsystems." >>> >>> >>>I do not think anyone is surprised. >>> >>>Chris... >>>-- >>>"As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to >>>be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." >>> -Roger Penrose >>>_______________________________________________ >>>LinuxUsers mailing list >>>[email protected] >>>http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >> _______________________________________________ >> LinuxUsers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >> > > > > -- > "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to > be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." > -Roger Penrose > -- "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." -Roger Penrose _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list [email protected] http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
