Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on April 13, 2004 04:17 AM
Relying on a language for application support is much different than relying on an operating system, the language will be a vehicle to drive support to linux. True, at this point Sun could bend and pull its linux support leaving us high and dry, but what if vendors did linux support, just for the shear fact that it is no extra effort because of Java. All these applications that the casual user relies on, and is scared witless to leave behind is already on linux. One or two viruses that month and that user is ready to switch. And once linux gets about a 30% in the market, Sun could pull support at that time, but it will only be cutting it's own throat because Microsoft in the early days has already proven that the application vendors will put support where the money is, and 30% of Desktops is a big market, they will find a way to support linux, and Sun will take a cut for not supporting. And at this point, no home user is going to pay what sun is going to want for a computer with another OS besides linux on it, leaving MS and Linux as the main competitors, and Java finding itself in the same place as C/C++, a language, not an OS dictator. Free software can keep using free tools, and languages, they are great, python, gcc, gtk, qt, all of these are great tools, and serve their purpose for gpl'd software. But bottom line is, a commercial company wants a commercial product to develope their commercial application to keep a lid on the source that they worked hard on, so they can make some money, and keep a competitive edge in the market.
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Re:There is a free java
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on April 13, 2004 04:17 AMAll these applications that the casual user relies on, and is scared witless to leave behind is already on linux. One or two viruses that month and that user is ready to switch. And once linux gets about a 30% in the market, Sun could pull support at that time, but it will only be cutting it's own throat because Microsoft in the early days has already proven that the application vendors will put support where the money is, and 30% of Desktops is a big market, they will find a way to support linux, and Sun will take a cut for not supporting.
And at this point, no home user is going to pay what sun is going to want for a computer with another OS besides linux on it, leaving MS and Linux as the main competitors, and Java finding itself in the same place as C/C++, a language, not an OS dictator.
Free software can keep using free tools, and languages, they are great, python, gcc, gtk, qt, all of these are great tools, and serve their purpose for gpl'd software. But bottom line is, a commercial company wants a commercial product to develope their commercial application to keep a lid on the source that they worked hard on, so they can make some money, and keep a competitive edge in the market.
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