Just be careful! The reason Sun does not want to open Java (in fact, Java itself is available as open source, so all this crap about "open source-ing Java" is just that - crap) is that it does not want the aim of Java - write once run anywhere - to be subverted.
Given that it is on record that this is EXACTLY what MS intended to do when they licenced Java from MS (hence the MS/Sun legal scraps) who can blame Sun for being wary? Java (not necessarily Sun's version) will be available on any platform that people care to put it on. MS have made a point of saying (or at the very least not denying) that .net is intended to work best with Windows and, indeed, parts of it are likely to work ONLY with Windows. So if I develop with Java on an IBM mainframe I have no expectation of getting a nasty surprise from Sun. If I develop with .net, I have every expectation of it failing to work with linux in the (maybe near) future. Cheers, Wol -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christophe Marchal Sent: 21 April 2004 15:52 To: U2 Users Discussion List Subject: Re: GUI as nice as character-based Yes, I agree. But .NET is also an "open" specification, the .NET file format and the jvm are ecma "standardized". And there is already an open .net vm : mono. So using .net does not locked more into microsoft than using sun lock you into sun. And the .NET jvm is free of charge, so no more dollars to microsoft. And it is installed with every windows update, so every windows user has already a "good environment" for .NET. More easy for us than installing java vm. And the last events show us that sun does not want to open Java. So if sun dies, nobody can continue developping java. It was only a kind of joke (why I used a smiley ;-), I don't want to start a war about sun/java versus Microsoft/.NET especially with the last agreement between sun and ms ;-) Just use your prefered tool, I'll be ever productive than with a world-standard that you hate. Christophe Dawn M. Wolthuis wrote: >Java Web Start works reasonably well, and I have used it. But I sure don't >see how you are "locked in" to Sun by using it. The Java libraries will be >perpetuated with or without Sun. For example, IBM develops with Java, and >I'm certain they don't think they are locked into Sun. > >"Locked into Microsoft" implies dollars (forever) while "locked into Java" >doesn't feel like as much of a prison at all. Agree? --dawn > >Dawn M. Wolthuis >Tincat Group, Inc. >www.tincat-group.com > >Take and give some delight today. > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >Behalf Of Christophe Marchal >Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 1:03 AM >To: U2 Users Discussion List >Subject: Re: GUI as nice as character-based > >Well, you have the java choice ;-) >Java and javawebstart do the same thing as explain by James. >Check http://java.sun.com/products/javawebstart/architecture.html > >But you'll still locked into Sun (instead of microsoft) ;-) > >Christophe > > > -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users **************************************************************************** This transmission is intended for the named recipient only. It may contain private and confidential information. If this has come to you in error you must not act on anything disclosed in it, nor must you copy it, modify it, disseminate it in any way, or show it to anyone. Please e-mail the sender to inform us of the transmission error or telephone ECA International immediately and delete the e-mail from your information system. Telephone numbers for ECA International offices are: Sydney +61 (0)2 9911 7799, Hong Kong + 852 2121 2388, London +44 (0)20 7351 5000 and New York +1 212 582 2333. **************************************************************************** -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
