Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on April 12, 2004 10:12 PM
Sun has put a lot of work and effort into Java, and I appreciate the fact that it is non-free. I develop on linux for linux, and windows, and solaris, and<nobr> <wbr></nobr>..., because of the cross platform beauty of this language. This is a gateway that could bring great commercial applications of the future straight to linux on release day. I know everyone wants all thier applications free in the linux world, but commercial industries such as macromedia and adobe are not going to see things this way. Java not being free, and available on the linux platform could be of great future benefit to linux taking off on the desktop, when people can get all thier applications to run on linux, then they won't have a need for MS anymore, and MS can play as an equal competitor, instead of rule as an evil monopoly.
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Re:There is a free java
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on April 12, 2004 10:12 PMThis is a gateway that could bring great commercial applications of the future straight to linux on release day. I know everyone wants all thier applications free in the linux world, but commercial industries such as macromedia and adobe are not going to see things this way.
Java not being free, and available on the linux platform could be of great future benefit to linux taking off on the desktop, when people can get all thier applications to run on linux, then they won't have a need for MS anymore, and MS can play as an equal competitor, instead of rule as an evil monopoly.
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