From harmony-dev-return-449-apmail-incubator-harmony-dev-archive=incubator.apache.org@incubator.apache.org Fri May 13 17:39:57 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-harmony-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 27844 invoked from network); 13 May 2005 17:39:57 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 13 May 2005 17:39:57 -0000 Received: (qmail 45978 invoked by uid 500); 13 May 2005 17:43:22 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-harmony-dev-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 45931 invoked by uid 500); 13 May 2005 17:43:21 -0000 Mailing-List: contact harmony-dev-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: harmony-dev@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list harmony-dev@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 45917 invoked by uid 99); 13 May 2005 17:43:21 -0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=10.0 tests= X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (hermes.apache.org: local policy) Received: from blossom.betaversion.org (HELO blossom.betaversion.org) (62.140.213.100) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.28) with ESMTP; Fri, 13 May 2005 10:43:21 -0700 Received: by blossom.betaversion.org (Postfix, from userid 101) id 449E9247AF3; Fri, 13 May 2005 18:35:14 +0100 (BST) X-AntiVirus-Version: ClamAV 0.84/876 X-AntiSpam-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 X-AntiSpam-Status: No (score=0.0/limit=7.5) Received: from [18.42.3.133] (DSPACE-12.MIT.EDU [18.42.3.133]) by blossom.betaversion.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBC70247B4B for ; Fri, 13 May 2005 18:35:11 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <4284E62D.8050608@apache.org> Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 13:38:53 -0400 From: Stefano Mazzocchi User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (Macintosh/20050317) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: harmony-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: [ References: <50088f920505121915c90f106@mail.gmail.com> <42845B21.6090601@algroup.co.uk> <42845E95.2050906@it.fts-vn.com> In-Reply-To: <42845E95.2050906@it.fts-vn.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Checked: Checked X-Spam-Rating: minotaur.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N Kev Jackson wrote: > Why do we need an open source Java? Let's analyze it on the other way: why not? 1) because it's already there. [Ask Ben how much he loves java on FreeBSD] 2) because it's hard. [Ask Linus about how easy it was to write Linux] 3) because it might fragment the space. [Ask around how many of us would want to rewrite millions of lines of their code] 4) because it's an academic exercise [ask Larry and Sergey about thier academic exercise called Google] 5) because it might hurt the java ecosystem [ask darwin and/or your favorite anti-trust lawyer on how concentrations increases innovation] 6) because it's not fun [ask the people that spend their time writing new GC algorithms!] 7) because it might take years [ask around how many are in a hurry] Should I continue? -- Stefano.