bucy wrote:
] ] 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.

Said Eric Raymond (Moses) to the Pharohs of Egypt (Sun):
"Let my Java Go!"

RE: ESR to Sun: Let Java Go