> On Saturday 1 July 2000, at 1 h 18, > the keyboard of John Leuner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I would rephrase it: if there is no Free Java solution > ... > > > then we should stop working with Java and start encouraging > > > people to switch to another language. > > > > Java has such massive support, how could you just drop it like that? > > Do not be afraid of drastic decisions: Cobol has a much more massive support > than Java and there is no support for it in Debian (and few people complain).
They don't complain because they use something else. As a systems software writer you can't choose what to provide, you have to provide what people are using and want. Why reinvent Java? That would take even *longer* to support in free software. > Microsoft has a massive support, too and we still pretend our operating > system > is better. I didn't say Java was better than anything else. > I see no reason why we should use Java just because Sun decreted we should. You're free to use whatever you want, but Java is a standard (whether dictated by Sun or not). John
