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Sun lashes out at open source J2SE

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Calcatian Original post #1
May 24, 2005 at 6:53 AM
Sun Microsystems has expressed "serious doubts" about the usefulness of the latest Apache Foundation project to create an open source implementation of the Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE). In an interview with vnunet.com, James Gosling, Java creator and Sun vice president in charge of the programming language, explained that he did not understand why the open source consortium was undertaking the project.

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h4xbox #2
May 24, 2005 at 9:23 AM
Does it mean they don't like open source , do they demand money for that :?:
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Calcatian #3
May 24, 2005 at 9:28 AM
:wink: They r just afraid... they think it will take aways Sun's dominance in Java market. Like Linux did 2 Solaris.
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h4xbox #4
May 24, 2005 at 9:41 AM
hehe :D