Tim Bray on Sun and Open Source
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| Sun's Tim Bray discusses Ruby, Java, Atom, and his role as a
| technology evangelist
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| DDJ: From a business perspective, why is Sun interested in
| open-source projects, such as JRuby?
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| TB: The first answer is a complete no-brainer: people who use Rails
| and Ruby are developers developing applications that need computers
| to run on, and OS infrastructures, and application servers. They
| need all the stuff we sell; why wouldn't we love them? They are
| creating business for us. All we need to do is provide them with
| support and tools. It's a mutual back-scratching arrangement of
| the first order. Sun loves anybody making the Internet bigger
| and richer, because we sell the iron that helps make it go.
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http://www.ddj.com/dept/java/199900489
If It's Business Critical Applications, It's Got To Be Open Source
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