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That's really a good news that I was waiting for a long time ! |
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Java would be now considered as a standard part of any Linux distribution such |
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as other languages. |
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Regards |
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Le lundi 13 novembre 2006 09:08, Greg Tassone a écrit : |
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> For those that have been asleep/hiding/etc. and haven't heard the news yet: |
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> Sun has finally decided/confirmed that it will release the Java platform |
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> under the GPL. Furthermore, they've decided that they will do this for the |
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> entire platform under their ownership; including SE, ME, EE, etc. |
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> The JavaC and HotSpot code are scheduled for release within the next 24 |
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> hours; the VM implementations are scheduled for release early 2007 (by |
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> March). |
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> Richard Stallman is reportedly happy with the decision, and will be |
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> endorsing the move via video at a press conference with Sun some hours from |
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> now. |
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> This is significant news < / understatement >. This is the |
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> best-of-the-best scenario I anticipated, but wasn't sure that Sun would |
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> actually do it. IMHO, this move positions Java to grow leaps-and-bounds in |
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> all sectors; I think its growth will surprise many. |
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> For more details: |
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> ZDNet Blog: |
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> http://blogs.zdnet.com/Burnette/index.php?p=199 |
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> Slashdot article: |
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> http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/11/08/0221255 |
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> ------- |
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> Woot! |
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> ~ Greg |
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