On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 6:10 AM, Miguel Arroz <ar...@guiamac.com> wrote: > Hi! > > http://www.electronista.com/articles/09/04/20/oracle.to.buy.sun/ > > Is this good or bad for Java coders? >
The nearest term decision and thus casualty is likely Eclipse vs NetBeans. Oracle standardizes on Eclipse. I can't see NetBeans winning out, so its probably on the scrap heap longer term. This may alter the license for OpenSolaris somewhat, so indirectly it could affect MacOSX via license changes to ZFS/dtrace. More directly, if those become dual licensed (CDDL + GPL, possible?), the indirect benefit is that dtrace may become more prevalent and thus you'd see better universal harness support for dtrace in Java, regardless of platform. Right now its all there for Solaris/Java but not there for the Mac's implementation. For Apple and WO developers, I see that MySQL may take the biggest hit on this one, and so it may no longer be a preferential "default" for initial web development, etc if its fall from grace is further accelerated by Oracle's disdain for it. It may also mean that the marketing message you'll here from all corners of the earth is that Java == Oracle == Java. Why use any other DB? You heard it here first. Me -- I've already chosen PostgreSQL, so I couldn't care less. > Yours > > Miguel Arroz > > > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > Webobjects-dev mailing list (Webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/jmlittle%40gmail.com > > This email sent to jmlit...@gmail.com > _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Webobjects-dev mailing list (Webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
