On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 11:41:35AM -0600, Marco Peereboom wrote: > > @others: stop picking on SUN and Java. It's actually a nice language > > and going to be GPL software very soon, so I guess there will be an > > option for binary packages and other nice stuff soon. > > Java is a shitshow
No language is perfect. > Sun and their ridiculous licenses. > The day Sun shows up as a real player in the open source > world this could be justified. For now they are just another closed vendor. > > You don't get a cookie for trying or pretending. Agree, but they do seem to be genuinely trying, so give them a while to get over their growing pains and see what comes out in the wash over the next few years.