Monday May 23, 2005 A thousand lashes with a wet noodle
Here is a report on Sun Microsystems "lashing out at open source" by having "serious doubts" about the usefulness of the Apache open source implementation of the Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE). See: Sun lashes out at Apache's closed-minded open source plans Here's a quote from the article showing the short-sightness of Apache
"This is about producing a J2SE implementation
that can be taken and ported and used in more
places," he said.
"If I am building a device that uses Java and
I could get a complete J2SE implementation from
Apache, then we would have a new place for Java."
Well, duh, Java has been ported to the over 350 million existing Java enabled cell phones world-wide. If I build a device that uses Java, I want J2ME not J2SE. There's already a new place for Java: on cell phones, TV set-top boxes, PDAs, home gateways, printers, auto dashboards, game consoles, etc. It's called J2ME technology! Having open source J2SE only muddies the waters, not clear them up for Java on devices. Apache needs to submit an RFP for a clue... :-)
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