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Story: Open source would 'fork' Java - Sun
Posted by: andy jewell (Thursday 18 March 2004, 4:38 PM)
GPL'ing software doesn't cause it to fork.
As mentioned elsewhere, there are many testaments to the successful use of an "Open Source" development method: Ruby, Python, PHP, Linux etc.
Sun is just posturing, and the development of Java will suffer for it - languages such as Python are already eating away at Java's traditional piece of the cake.
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Story: Open source would 'fork' Java - Sun
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That's an stupid excuse. Is apache, mozilla, kde,... Eduard Pertíñez -
Too true mr Pertinez.... There also seems to be a... adebayo omo-dare
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Too true mr Pertinez.... There also seems to be a... adebayo omo-dare
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Ues Eduard is right.
Why python, php etc are not... Anonymous
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Yeah, right. Incompatible versions. Come on Sun. W... Anonymous
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It doesn't matter. Who needs Java, anyway?
We alr... Anonymous
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GPL'ing software doesn't cause it to fork.
As ment... andy jewell -
I agree with Mr.Martin LaMonica, it is preety sure... Ranjeet Singh
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I agree that these other major projects are not fo... Damien Byrne
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