On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 04:53, work only <vorlonsw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Oracle/Sun is protecting Java, you just can't have any company (Google) > implement a Java environment that does not follow Sun’s specifications! You > need your Java code to run on any JVM!
Indeed, that is a good argument IMHO. JME did not have much success partly because it provides just a subset of JSE and at least I was not able to get a good overview in a reasonable time on what the differences are in detail. IMHO the JVM and the basic Java runtime libraries given in the SE edition (minus soem depreceated things) would be a required precondition everywhere where it says that Java can be run. On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 05:09, Robert Casto <casto.rob...@gmail.com> wrote: > Oracle only has 3 concerns. > > 1. Larry Ellison > 2. Stock Holders > 3. Serving the wishes of #1 and #2 > > It has always been about power and control. Money is a means to an end, and > enabler. It also serves as a good way to measure and compare. This is just > business and they won't loose sleep over what it will do to the community. If Larry and Stock Holders are already thinking about their retirement and do not care what comes afterwards, you might be right. If the do want to leave something behind or think long-term, then both - Larry and Stock Holders must take the community/developers into consideration. Look what happens to Microsoft. Many Ex-Windows developers moved over to something that can be used on different platforms. By far not all Ex-VB and Ex-C++-Developers moved over to .net. The developers decide with the chosen language in the long-term which products have success. You might argue that there is no business within Java itself, but hey, if you want to make money with selling cars, you need to watch out, what people are using to make it (and if it is just wheels and metal). -- Martin Wildam http://www.google.com/profiles/mwildam -- 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.
