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Considering the obvious alternative to Java (for the sort of large company that still heavily uses Java) is C# and the Microsoft stack, Oracle ought to be caref
by ShardPhoenix 16y ago
Considering the obvious alternative to Java (for the sort of large company that still heavily uses Java) is C# and the Microsoft stack, Oracle ought to be careful not to even wound Java too much, and certainly not kill it.
- bad_user 16y ago.NET can even act as a direct replacement, because .NET's type-system is a superset of Java and because of http://www.ikvm.net/ http://www.ikvm.net/ (because of it, projects like Eclipse and Apache Derby have been seen running on top of Mono :))
- hga 16y agoYou know, prior to the aquisition, the question of "Who do we trust more (distrust less), Sun or Microsoft?" was obvious. Now it's not quite as clear cut, depending on Oracle's actions going forward.