Re: PHP in corporate settings?
| From: | Mark Maggelet | Date: | Thu, 09 Aug 2001 19:42:28 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: PHP in corporate settings? | ||
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On Thu, 09 Aug 2001 14:30:43 -0500, Sheridan Saint-Michel
(webmaster@foxjet.com) wrote:
>Bzzzt...Wrong! But thank you for playing. If you read the FAQ on
>Sun's "Open Source" website not only do they admit Java is not
>open source, but they sort of tip toe around whether or not it ever
>will be.
well, I think it depends on if you're talking about java the
language, java the jvm, or java the bytecode compiler. which of these
do you need to be open source. I know of at least one open source jvm
(kaffe), and I believe IBM may have released an open source compiler
>http://www.sunsource.net/faq.html#Java
>
>Sheridan Saint-Michel
>Website Administrator
>FoxJet, an ITW Company
>www.foxjet.com
>
>
><Snip>
>> Just one point Java is actually open source, because you can get
>>the
>> source code for the JVM. It is not GPL what means that if you want
>>to
>> make money with it you have to pay for it (but after all Sun is a
>> bussiness, and bussiness are for making money).
><Snip>
>> Sean C. McCarthy
>> SCI, S.L. (www.sci-spain.com)
>
>
>
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