[PLUG] Is Java Still a Good Development Choice?
Rich Shepard
rshepard at appl-ecosys.com
Tue Sep 28 15:34:02 UTC 2004
On Tue, 28 Sep 2004, Jason Van Cleve wrote:
> It would probably be an overstatement to say Sun and M$ are in
> "alignment".
Jason,
Have you seen the reports about their patent sharing and Microsoft
granting Sun immunity from patent infringement lawsuits? From what I've
read, Sun's mouth moves and Microsoft's words come out.
> Anyway, in the unlikely event of Sun deciding to pull the plug on Java
> (and why would they?), the OSS crowd would produce a viable replacement
> within half a year. Which would probably look as much like Java as .NOT
> does!
I suspected this would be the case. Thank you for your thoughtful
analysis. I do appreciate it.
Rich
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