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by sciboy 16y ago
No, because once something is bsd or apache licensed you could repackage it as a commercial vm.
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by sciboy 16y ago
Good point. I'm convinced.
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by sciboy 16y ago
I'm not disagreeing, the ideal solution for me at least would be for Oracle to BSD java, but that's not what I would do in their situation. Everyone else wants Oracle to license to harmony because that's best for everyone... except Oracle.
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by sciboy 16y ago
Wouldn't this mean that JRockit et al would no longer have to pay licenses for their implementations?
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by sciboy 16y ago
So you are saying that it's ok to export email addresses from gmail but not email addresses from facebook? Can you explain?
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by sciboy 16y ago
a) Really? What alternate vms were encouraged? Java itself was free. b, c) Agreed, it's a rapidly failing ship. d) Why should Oracle care how much a competitor has spent on developing a replacement for Oracles technology?
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by sciboy 16y ago
It was my understanding that there was never any problem as long as they agreed to field of use restrictions. Is this not the case, and if so do you have a link?
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by sciboy 16y ago
Rhino is really fast. Years ago I wrote a javascript scripting interface to one of my applications and I was surprised that for our use cases it was running ~ 95% of the speed of raw java!
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by sciboy 16y ago
Can someone explain why Oracle should give apache exemptions from field of use restrictions? I thought the whole point with harmony was that Apache/IBM/Intel et al were trying to create a competing vm that could be used everywhere with no
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by sciboy 16y ago
What is the single best result you have had applying your techniques. I don't care about who it was, but would love to know details about how much of an impact this type of work has in the real world.
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by sciboy 16y ago
The number one reason most startups I have tried to help fail is simply because they don't sell. Technical founders are very often scared of picking up the phone, taking someone for drinks, and just busting their ass on the street. It's saf