Re: OT -- MS makes a statement about open-source software movemen

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>Will we have to push something like JInitiator onto client machines
in case
>they have .net running on them? I am just one DBA worrying about
this...

I think you're spot-on here. That's what's most likely. The "hordes" will make sure Java dies quickly now that M$ doesn't have to look "non-monopolistic" anymore.

However, that doesn't mean the death of OSS. Far from it. No matter how much M$ would like it to be the case.

Personally, if C# holds on the promise of being much faster than Java, I'd rather have it. Across all platforms. No reason why someone won't port it once it takes full shape. Been done before in many cases. It's just another language.

And if Java and its coders can't clean up their act, they're gone. By cleaning, I mean:

• get some sense when accessing databases, instead of trying to replace their structure or using them as flat files!
• get much simpler to use and integrate with databases.
• get much simpler to debug.
• greatly reduce the number of class libraries it needs to make even a simple coffee.
• get much, much faster and less resource intensive.

Have you looked at a reasonably functional Java program/app lately? It ain't simple, it ain't easy, it ain't fast and it's a problem to maintain. It wasn't supposed to be all those, but it is...

Cheers
Nuno Souto
nsouto_at_nsw.bigpond.net.au
http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/the_Den

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