jharby wrote:
I think if you look into the JCP you'll find Sun really still owns it
for the most part.
Lew wrote:
That is consistent with what Arne said and does not affect his
conclusions.
jharby wrote:
Read it again and connect the dots.
Ooh, snap! You are the master of rhetoric!
I notice that you don't present any hint of evidence or logical
argument that your statement in any way contradicts, or even affects
the points that Arne made.
Just because I disagree with you doesn't mean I don't understand what
you said, nor even that I'm wrong. You have absolutely no basis to
conclude that I failed to "connect the dots", as you so cutely put
it. Now I suggest that you follow your own advice.
Here, I'll help you:
jharby wrote:
If IBM were to own Sun and therefore the majority of the JCP, I think they could do "much". It
would take a lawyer to really say but I guess they don't show up here
too often.
Name me one open-source project not owned by its copyright holder.
What is the point of your fear-mongering?
Sure IBM could do much if they owned Java. So can Sun right now,
since they already own Java. So what?
Do you really think either company will kill the goose that lays the
golden eggs? And now that the product is open source, neither one can
kill the language if the programming community doesn't want them to.
Nothing in the ownership of Java invalidates the points that Arne
said.