Re: Sun rejects IBM buyout, IBM withdraws offer
jharby wrote:
I've posted this link numerous times on these groups:
http://www.jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/JSPA2.pdf
Yes, you have. What you have not done is shown in any way how this
affects anything.
Let's say IBM or Google or anyone purchases or merges with Sun. The
new entity would replace Sun as the party of the second part. That
entity would behave just as Sun does, or could do.
Now is this agreement for participation in the JCP between one party
and some independent organization or does it say "Sun Microsystems"?
Uhhhhh. That's a rhetorical question, right?
As I said I was really looking for someone
with the legal knowledge to interpret these docs. Since the deal
didn't go through I have
no reason to post on this any further.
The docs would mean the same thing regardless of who the party of the
second part is.
Posit that someone buys or merges with Sun. Just becauxe IBM pulled
out (so far) doesn't mean a similar deal will not happen, perhaps even
in the near future.
Java will continue to be a popular language, that is, until it ceases
to be useful, just like now. It will continue to be open source, just
like now, only more so. The new owner will continue to have the
choice to expand or alter it, just like now. The JCP agreement will
continue to mean just what it does now, but it could change just like
it could under Sun's ownership.
It turns out that the future of Java under a new owner looks just like
the future of Java under Sun's ownership.
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Lew