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...]]> Thu, 02 Dec 2010 23:17:06 -0500 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 23:17:06 -0500 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 23:17:06 -0500 Dec 2, 2010 Cameron Purdy 0 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=61406 ...]]> Wed, 01 Dec 2010 16:55:44 -0500 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 16:55:44 -0500 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 16:55:44 -0500 Dec 1, 2010 peter lin 0 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=61406 Java is controlled by what real standards body?  Oracle controls it and that is it.  Why do i have to get my Java JDK from Oracle's OpenJDK project?  Why can I not have a choice to use Harmony?  Why is Oracle afraid of...]]> Wed, 01 Dec 2010 16:27:23 -0500 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 16:27:23 -0500 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 16:27:23 -0500 Dec 1, 2010 Nathaniel Auvil 1 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=61406 ...]]> Wed, 01 Dec 2010 11:41:11 -0500 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 11:41:11 -0500 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 11:41:11 -0500 Dec 1, 2010 James Watson 1 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=61406 ...]]> Wed, 01 Dec 2010 09:07:27 -0500 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 09:07:27 -0500 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 09:07:27 -0500 Dec 1, 2010 peter lin 2 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=61406 ...]]> Wed, 01 Dec 2010 08:17:36 -0500 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 08:17:36 -0500 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 08:17:36 -0500 Dec 1, 2010 Andres F. 3 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=61406 100%  Agree

]]> Tue, 30 Nov 2010 20:37:14 -0500 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 20:37:14 -0500 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 20:37:14 -0500 Nov 30, 2010 devendraK 0 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=61406 OpenJDK is GPL licensed. First by Sun, now by Oracle. How is that proprietary?

...]]> Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:41:20 -0500 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:41:20 -0500 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:41:20 -0500 Nov 30, 2010 Cameron Purdy 2 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=61406 Comparing 1990 with today makes no sense. The world has changed and the business are not exaclty the same. Today there is a healthy open source market. The same is not true for 1990.


On the other hand, the article seems a little...]]> Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:26:38 -0500 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:26:38 -0500 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:26:38 -0500 Nov 30, 2010 Lautaro Brasseur 4 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=61406 I am not following this.  What he is saying is it does not matter if only super expensive, proprietary java servers and development kits can get licensed by Oracle?  So basically, if you want to use Java in an enterprise, you have to pay a...]]> Tue, 30 Nov 2010 13:10:03 -0500 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 13:10:03 -0500 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 13:10:03 -0500 Nov 30, 2010 Nathaniel Auvil 3 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=61406 From a strictly commercial reason, I couldn't care less (actually, I think unless you're working in a niche, closed languages should still be avoided). However, the reason why non-free and closed languages should be avoided is the  Tue, 30 Nov 2010 12:34:02 -0500 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 12:34:02 -0500 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 12:34:02 -0500 Nov 30, 2010 Andres F. 0 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=61406 Agree

]]> Tue, 30 Nov 2010 12:13:35 -0500 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 12:13:35 -0500 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 12:13:35 -0500 Nov 30, 2010 Kishore V 0 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=61406 Whether java is open or closed really doesn't matter to me. For me, having rich libraries, products and technologies is far more important.

]]> Tue, 30 Nov 2010 10:23:39 -0500 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 10:23:39 -0500 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 10:23:39 -0500 Nov 30, 2010 peter lin 0 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=61406 Apache Foundation Blogger Greg Stein asserted that open languages are not required, that Java being potentially closed and...]]> Tue, 30 Nov 2010 05:43:20 -0500 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 05:43:20 -0500 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 05:43:20 -0500 Nov 30, 2010 RMayhew 13