__/ [ John A. Bailo ] on Friday 05 May 2006 19:28 \__
> __/ [ Erik Funkenbusch ] on Friday 05 May 2006 18:45 \__
>
> > On Fri, 05 May 2006 15:45:04 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> >
> >> See today's article, which percolated to many Web sites over the
> >> morning...
> >>
> >> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/05/04/wcit_open_source/
> >
> > Uhh.. Java isn't open source. What does that have to do with Java
> > adoption?
*coughs* did you read the entire (relatively short) post before replying at
all? (see below)
> >> And _yes_, Open Source is an implication of interoperability. .NET is
> >> about locking code in a closed-source fashion.
> >
> > No it's not. .NET is an ISO standard, Java is not. You're going to sit
> > there and pretend that now tha a proprietary standard is better than an
> > international
>
> Exactly.
>
> Novell can build mono to the ISO spec and include it with its Suse distro.
>
> I don't see it putting the same effort into /java/
Bailo, ever been diagnosed with the following?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_personality_disorder
(no offence intended)
This is not the first time that you change balance of opinions like a seesaw.
Several months ago you were raving about convincing your boss to drop
Microsoft in favour of Eclipse. It makes you seem like an opportunist in
this argument.
Best wishes,
Roy
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