RE: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java

2005-01-07 Thread Mike Jeays
> Only the Java Cryptography Extension is unavailable as source. More info > is of course available on the FreeBSD Java mailing list. So why would anyone trust it? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinf

Re: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java

2005-01-07 Thread David Gerard
Ted Mittelstaedt ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [050107 17:37]: > David Gerard > > Ted Mittelstaedt ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [050106 06:29]: > > > It's of course quite legal for end users to download the JDK directly > > > from Sun and compile it on FreeBSD themselves and then use it. > > The main problem with

RE: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java

2005-01-06 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Gerard > Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 4:35 AM > To: Paul Krill; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java > > > Ted Mit

Re: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java

2005-01-06 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2005-01-06 21:05, Anthony Atkielski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dick Davies writes: > DD> The phrase 'Java is the COBOL of the nineties' springs to mind > > At least COBOL served a useful purpose (and still does). I probably dislike Java more than you do, but I also find it hard to believe

Re: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java

2005-01-06 Thread Anthony Atkielski
Dick Davies writes: DD> The phrase 'Java is the COBOL of the nineties' springs to mind At least COBOL served a useful purpose (and still does). -- Anthony ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/f

Worse is better (was Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java)

2005-01-06 Thread David Gerard
Ted Mittelstaedt ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [050106 18:26]: > Name of the game with commercialized technology which is filled with example > after > of example of second and 3rd rater products that win the market from 1st > rater > products merely because their marketing is better. Let's see, in automot

Re: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java

2005-01-06 Thread David Gerard
Anthony Atkielski ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [050106 12:53]: > Tom Vilot writes: > TV> I prefer to use just about any other tool (except, of course, for > TV> JSP/.NET, etc). Python, Perl, ... any other tool will do the jobs I > TV> need done and I can avoid the sluggishness of Java, the licensing > TV>

Re: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java

2005-01-06 Thread David Gerard
Ted Mittelstaedt ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [050106 06:29]: > It's of course quite legal for end users to download the JDK directly > from Sun and compile it on FreeBSD themselves and then use it. The main problem with this approach is that it requires a ridiculous amount of jumping through hoops - f

Re: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java

2005-01-06 Thread cpghost
On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 02:53:18AM +0100, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > Tom Vilot writes: > > TV> I prefer to use just about any other tool (except, of course, for > TV> JSP/.NET, etc). Python, Perl, ... any other tool will do the jobs I > TV> need done and I can avoid the sluggishness of Java, the l

Re: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java

2005-01-05 Thread Dick Davies
* Ted Mittelstaedt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [0125 07:25]: > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dick Davies > > > > I don't think it does cost the Foundation nothing, that's the > > trouble. You spend years jumping through hoops to get the certification (the > > only benefit of which is it pleases

RE: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java

2005-01-05 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dick Davies > Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 11:12 PM > To: FreeBSD Questions > Subject: Re: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java > > > If FreeBSD can get a current bin

Re: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java

2005-01-05 Thread Dick Davies
* Ted Mittelstaedt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [0157 06:57]: > > Tom Vilot writes: > > I tend to agree. Are people still using Java? > Keep in mind that Sun's main Java push was into micro-code for embedded > devices, that is why Java was written in the first place. And somehow this mutated into J2EE.

RE: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java

2005-01-05 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Anthony > Atkielski > Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 5:53 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java > > > Tom Vilot wr

Re: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java

2005-01-05 Thread Tom Vilot
Anthony Atkielski wrote: I tend to agree. Are people still using Java? Yeah, I think so . strange as it seems to me. Perl seems to do just about everything. Agreed. OTOH, Perl is quite idiomatic, and that can be a real hurdle. Plus, there are so *many* ways to do things in Perl, that it ca

Re: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java

2005-01-05 Thread Anthony Atkielski
Tom Vilot writes: TV> I prefer to use just about any other tool (except, of course, for TV> JSP/.NET, etc). Python, Perl, ... any other tool will do the jobs I TV> need done and I can avoid the sluggishness of Java, the licensing TV> ambiguities, and the dependence on a company that is *not* a TV>

Re: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java

2005-01-05 Thread Gary Kline
On Wed, Jan 05, 2005 at 01:00:47PM -0700, Tom Vilot wrote: > Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > > >Tom, > > > > Have you tried any of the alternative implementations of Java? > >Sun's isn't the only one out there. > > > > I have. > > I'm sorry, I am mostly venting my frustration with Java as a language,

RE: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java

2005-01-05 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
ward to seeing your article in Infoworld! Ted -Original Message- From: Paul Krill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 11:38 AM To: Ted Mittelstaedt Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Jorn Argelo; Joshua Lokken Subject: RE: Sun revo

Re: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java

2005-01-05 Thread Tm4528
In a message dated 1/5/05 1:53:53 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: "This is Paul Krill of Infoworld magazine. I would like to speak with someone at FreeBSD regarding issues with Sun. I am at 415-978-3228 or email me with a number where I can call you. Thanks. " --- So so

Re: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java

2005-01-05 Thread Tom Vilot
Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: Tom, Have you tried any of the alternative implementations of Java? Sun's isn't the only one out there. I have. I'm sorry, I am mostly venting my frustration with Java as a language, Sun as a company, and J2EE as a hugely bloated and over-architected solution in dire need

RE: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java

2005-01-05 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
L PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java > > > Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > > > I think there is a story there for you but more along the lines of: > >"Sun's wishy-washy licensing terms drivin

Re: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java

2005-01-05 Thread Tom Vilot
Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: I think there is a story there for you but more along the lines of: "Sun's wishy-washy licensing terms driving people away from Java" Agreed. Sun has screwed up the licensing of Java from the start. Their deal with Microsoft early on made that clear to me. I prefer to use

Re: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java

2005-01-05 Thread Joshua Lokken
;, > > > freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >cc: > > >Subject:Re: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 10:53:07 -0800, Paul Krill wrote > > > > This is Paul

Re: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java

2005-01-05 Thread Louis LeBlanc
On 01/05/05 11:21 AM, Kris Kennaway sat at the `puter and typed: > On Wed, Jan 05, 2005 at 11:13:06AM -0800, Paul Krill wrote: > > Do you have any contact information as to who I would speak to at > > FreeBSDfoundation? Thanks. > > Whoever responds to your mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] :-) Putting

RE: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java

2005-01-05 Thread Paul Krill
"Jorn Argelo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Subject:RE: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java Hi Paul, Hey, good luck to you! The basic root of the problem as I understand it is that Sun license for the JDK 1.3 originally prevented redistribution o

RE: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java

2005-01-05 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
Wednesday, January 05, 2005 11:14 AM > To: Joshua Lokken > Cc: Jorn Argelo; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java > > > I am a writer with Infoworld magazine and would like to speak > with someone > at FreeBSD regar

Re: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java

2005-01-05 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Wed, Jan 05, 2005 at 11:13:06AM -0800, Paul Krill wrote: > Do you have any contact information as to who I would speak to at > FreeBSDfoundation? Thanks. Whoever responds to your mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] :-) Putting on my telepathy beanie, it could be Robert Watson. Kris pgpa33d6trPNs.p

Re: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java

2005-01-05 Thread Paul Krill
>, [EMAIL PROTECTED], freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 11:01:22 -0800, Paul Krill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was doing some browsing on the Web, looking for something else, and > bumped into this. It

Re: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java

2005-01-05 Thread Paul Krill
Re: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java On Wed, Jan 05, 2005 at 10:53:07AM -0800, Paul Krill wrote: > This is Paul Krill of Infoworld magazine. I would like to speak with > someone at FreeBSD regarding issues with Sun. I am at 415-978-3228 or > email me with a number where I can ca

Re: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java

2005-01-05 Thread Simon1
> > This is Paul Krill of Infoworld magazine. I would like to speak with > > someone at FreeBSD regarding issues with Sun. I am at 415-978-3228 > > or email me with a number where I can call you. Thanks. > Where did you get this information? http://www.javalobby.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=16

Re: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java

2005-01-05 Thread Kris Kennaway
know. > > > > "Jorn Argelo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > 01/05/2005 10:59 AM > > > >To: Paul Krill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >cc: > >Subject:Re: Sun r

Re: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java

2005-01-05 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Wed, Jan 05, 2005 at 10:53:07AM -0800, Paul Krill wrote: > This is Paul Krill of Infoworld magazine. I would like to speak with > someone at FreeBSD regarding issues with Sun. I am at 415-978-3228 or > email me with a number where I can call you. Thanks. Try talking to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - th

Re: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java

2005-01-05 Thread Joshua Lokken
005 10:59 AM > >To: Paul Krill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > cc: > Subject:Re: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java > > > On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 10:53:07 -0800, Paul Krill wrote > > This is

Re: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java

2005-01-05 Thread Paul Krill
.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Re: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 10:53:07 -0800, Paul Krill wrote > This is Paul Krill of Infoworld magazine. I would like to speak with > someone at FreeBSD regarding issues with Sun. I am at 415-978-3228 >

Re: Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java

2005-01-05 Thread Jorn Argelo
On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 10:53:07 -0800, Paul Krill wrote > This is Paul Krill of Infoworld magazine. I would like to speak with > someone at FreeBSD regarding issues with Sun. I am at 415-978-3228 > or email me with a number where I can call you. Thanks. Where did you get this information? _

Sun revokes FreeBSD license for Java

2005-01-05 Thread Paul Krill
This is Paul Krill of Infoworld magazine. I would like to speak with someone at FreeBSD regarding issues with Sun. I am at 415-978-3228 or email me with a number where I can call you. Thanks. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.