] Today, the big issue is Java. Sun's insistence on
] continuing tight control of the Java code has damaged
] Sun's long-term interests by throttling acceptance of the
] language in the open-source community, ceding the field
] (and probably the future) to scripting-language
] competitors like Python and Perl. Once again the choice
] is between control and ubiquity, and despite your claim
] that "open source is our friend" Sun appears to be
] choosing control. Sun's terms are so restrictive that
] Linux distributions cannot even include Java binaries for
] use as a browser plugin, let alone as a standalone
] development tool.

Sun screwed up Java because they were trying to use it to become Microsoft. Java would have been much more successful as a programming language had Sun not made these dumb business decisions.

ESR to Sun: Let Java Go