No Java 7, The End Game

Re:No Java 7, The End Game by wheels on Monday October 11, 2010 @11:32PM (#1782218)

Oracle relies heavily on Java for their enterprise products (including the custom business logic that their consultants write for customers). Oracle has a deep vested interest in Java, however, so do their competitors. They may just be trying to put it on a shorter leash.

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Re:No Java 7, The End Game by ShardPhoenix on Tuesday October 12, 2010 @01:21AM (#1782416)

Considering the obvious alternative to Java (for the sort of large company that still heavily uses Java) is C# and the Microsoft stack, Oracle ought to be careful not to even wound Java too much, and certainly not kill it.

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Re:No Java 7, The End Game by bad_user on Tuesday October 12, 2010 @08:27AM (#1783084)

.NET can even act as a direct replacement, because .NET's type-system is a superset of Java and because of http://www.ikvm.net/

(because of it, projects like Eclipse and Apache Derby have been seen running on top of Mono :))

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Re:No Java 7, The End Game by hga on Tuesday October 12, 2010 @08:38AM (#1783111)

You know, prior to the aquisition, the question of "Who do we trust more (distrust less), Sun or Microsoft?" was obvious.

Now it's not quite as clear cut, depending on Oracle's actions going forward.

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