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what happens to java if sun dies? i'm a developer and am pondering
using java for a new project. but am worried about sun's future.

ben
Jul 17 '05 #1
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On 3 Oct 2003 08:34:49 -0700, bj***@cornell.e du (ben arthur) wrote:
what happens to java if sun dies? i'm a developer and am pondering
using java for a new project. but am worried about sun's future.


There's a trigger in all Java byte code that will cause your programs
to shut down if Sun dies...
Seriously, if Sun dies, I'm sure Java will live a long time.
Jul 17 '05 #2
IBM alone has invested too heavily in Java for them to allow it to
just die. Let alone the Enterprise Application vendors.... you think
SAP or PeopleSoft would allow Sun to take down Java with them? The
JCP is already fairly independant of Sun. When Sun goes belly-up,
look for the big guys to step in and fill the void. At this point,
Java much bigger than just Sun.

-Nathan

"Bryce (Work)" <sp******@berze rker-soft.com> wrote in message news:<ld******* *************** **********@4ax. com>...
On 3 Oct 2003 08:34:49 -0700, bj***@cornell.e du (ben arthur) wrote:
what happens to java if sun dies? i'm a developer and am pondering
using java for a new project. but am worried about sun's future.


There's a trigger in all Java byte code that will cause your programs
to shut down if Sun dies...
Seriously, if Sun dies, I'm sure Java will live a long time.

Jul 17 '05 #3
java's success is not all about sun.
in fact, it is IBM and some other vendors like BEA that contributed the most
to J2EE. ;)

it is a community, not a single company.

"ben arthur" <bj***@cornell. edu> wrote in message
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what happens to java if sun dies? i'm a developer and am pondering
using java for a new project. but am worried about sun's future.

ben

Jul 17 '05 #4
Sun will never die..it will simply be bought by a bigger fish...hopefull y
not Micro$oft.

Before Sun goes belly-up someone will scoop them up and buy them out...just
for the rights to Java...

"ben arthur" <bj***@cornell. edu> wrote in message
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what happens to java if sun dies? i'm a developer and am pondering
using java for a new project. but am worried about sun's future.

ben

Jul 17 '05 #5

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