Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-harmony-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 50165 invoked from network); 18 May 2005 12:05:38 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 18 May 2005 12:05:38 -0000 Received: (qmail 63660 invoked by uid 500); 18 May 2005 12:02:29 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-harmony-dev-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 63612 invoked by uid 500); 18 May 2005 12:02:29 -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 63557 invoked by uid 99); 18 May 2005 12:02:28 -0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.7 required=10.0 tests=DNS_FROM_RFC_ABUSE,DNS_FROM_RFC_POST,MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (hermes.apache.org: domain of theuserbl@hotmail.com designates 65.54.174.41 as permitted sender) Received: from bay103-f31.bay103.hotmail.com (HELO hotmail.com) (65.54.174.41) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.28) with ESMTP; Wed, 18 May 2005 05:02:23 -0700 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 18 May 2005 05:02:02 -0700 Message-ID: Received: from 65.54.174.207 by by103fd.bay103.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Wed, 18 May 2005 12:02:02 GMT X-Originating-IP: [65.54.174.207] X-Originating-Email: [theuserbl@hotmail.com] X-Sender: theuserbl@hotmail.com In-Reply-To: From: "theUser BL" To: harmony-dev@incubator.apache.org Bcc: Subject: Re: Gosling on Harmony Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 12:02:02 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed X-OriginalArrivalTime: 18 May 2005 12:02:02.0815 (UTC) FILETIME=[672334F0:01C55BA1] X-Virus-Checked: Checked X-Spam-Rating: minotaur.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N At first I want to cite myself: >Sun have given with OpenOffice.org the OpenSource-community a lot. >But with Java, it looks a little bit diffrent. >And the reason is, that Java _is_ already popular. So they see no need to >make it more popular. >[...] >The idea behind it is clear: Letting a platform closed source or commercial >(Java by Sun, Windows/.net by Microsoft) and give products which run on >this platform away for free or OpenSource, to make the platform more >public. For this here is a new article: http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/05/16/1358227&from=rss It seems, that now Sun want to bring more and more parts of OOo2 to the Java-platform. Greatings theuserbl