On Mon, Jun 27, 2005 at 10:27:58AM -0400, Ernest L. Williams Jr. wrote: > > Nope. No open source JVM currently exists. > I checked your above statement with one of my trusted colleagues. > Here is what I find: > =========================================================================== > The statement that "Sun's Java isnt even slightly open source" is > clearly an exaggeration. Here are the facts: Calling them "facts" doesn't make these (sometimes debatable) points mean that Java is open source. I started to respond to them point-by-point, but it's really not worth it, since none of them address the key point: Java is tightly controlled by a strict license, which *still isn't even slightly open source*. That doesn't mean its evil or anything, and obviously some people like it. But it's *not* open source or free software at all. -- Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://www.mattdm.org/> Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/> Current office temperature: 89 degrees Fahrenheit.
