RE: [Article] Sun Fires Back over Open Source Java Accusations

2004-02-18 Thread C. Brian Jones
On Wed, 2004-02-18 at 05:12, Robert Lougher wrote: > Hi, > > A quite interesting response. However, it's funny hearing Phipps slam IBM > so much (considering their Linux technology center and support of Jikes). > He used to be IBM's Java evangelist (based in Hursley, UK) before defecting > to

Re: [Article] Sun Fires Back over Open Source Java Accusations

2004-02-18 Thread Per Bothner
Tom Tromey wrote: IMO, while it would be helpful if Sun opened their source, we don't really need it. On the other hand, I'm sure Red Hat would rather spend their development resources on *not* having to re-implement Swing, or all the new features of JDK 1.5 ... It seems a waste to duplicate Sun's

Re: [Article] Sun Fires Back over Open Source Java Accusations

2004-02-18 Thread Tom Tromey
> "Patrik" == Patrik Reali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Patrik> OSNews has some discussion on Sun's answer to ESR request to make Java Patrik> open source. Patrik> IMO, while it would be helpful if Sun opened their source, we don't really need i

Re: [Article] Sun Fires Back over Open Source Java Accusations

2004-02-18 Thread Dalibor Topic
Robert Lougher wrote: Hi, A quite interesting response. However, it's funny hearing Phipps slam IBM so much (considering their Linux technology center and support of Jikes). He used to be IBM's Java evangelist (based in Hursley, UK) before defecting to Sun. Favourite phrase was "Tsunami"...

RE: [Article] Sun Fires Back over Open Source Java Accusations

2004-02-18 Thread Robert Lougher
Hi, A quite interesting response. However, it's funny hearing Phipps slam IBM so much (considering their Linux technology center and support of Jikes). He used to be IBM's Java evangelist (based in Hursley, UK) before defecting to Sun. Favourite phrase was "Tsunami"... Rob. Original Me

[Article] Sun Fires Back over Open Source Java Accusations

2004-02-18 Thread Patrik Reali
OSNews has some discussion on Sun's answer to ESR request to make Java open source. -Patrik Patrik Reali http://www.reali.ch/~patrik/ ___ Classpath mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTE