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And who in their right mind would want to build software on top of the JVM if what you say is true?
by jshen 15y ago
And who in their right mind would want to build software on top of the JVM if what you say is true?
- wmf 15y agoEveryone? People generally like JVMs to be compatible. Since you're not making a specific argument I don't really know how to respond.
- jshen 15y agoWhat you're implying is that the JVM is a proprietary platform. I think most people have treated the JVM as an open platform all these years (or they trusted Sun to effectively treat it as such), and I bet many of them wouldn't have used it if they'd thought it was a proprietary platform where the only allowed implementations have to be approved by Oracle. You seem to be implying that it's no big deal if it is proprietary. I disagree.
- kodablah 15y agoYou could argue that enforcing a TCK before you can legally call your product a Java Virtual Machine helps ensure consistency (whether or not the JVM you write is open source). The real problem is the FOU restrictions in the terms for the TCK to be called a "Java" implementation.