AOL!
I've been sitting on my hands for the whole day, ever since I read Ongoing this morning... By now I've read the blogs and seen the webcast -- and I still simply must chime in:
Hurray!
Sun is just doing everything right: the right licenses, the right language (notice the GNU/Linux on the announcement graphic? The licenses are the right licenses -- being a Java drone suddenly starts feeling right.
Of course, a move like this is going to have a lot of influence. What will happen to Mono? Even, what will happen to DotNet itself? How will Jambi fit? Will we perl KOffice into a pure Java application? May we go as far as expecting imminent peace in the Middle East?
Someone who isn't worrying is Mark Wielaard, the GNU Classpath maintainer. He's loving this: read his blog.
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