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From: Mitch@nospam@
Subject: Re: Java momentum slowing ?
Date: 1999/05/02
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In article <7git59$1085@drn.newsguy.com>, bob@nospam says...
 
>Sorry. No source code provided. Only binary libraries. When they release
>it with source code, then I'll use it.
>
>I will not commit my software to be integrated abd be dependent on 
>something that is closed and with no source code. If you are wise, 
>you will do the same. 
>
 
Not only is there is source code present, COM/DCOM specification are
closed. Meaning no one can create an open source free DCOM product,
becuase MS will not make such complete specifications public, 
and MS can control the direction and any new features in COM.

 
One can argue than Sun did not also supply the source code with their
Java JVM. but the difference is the the JVM specifications are open,
and many have now implemented their own JVM's based on those 
specs (IBM, oracle, Linux folks http://www.blackdown.org, etc..

(Still many people are not happy with Sun not making Java 
open source) and many are not happy that Sun having the only control
on Java direction now (even though Sun is more open with Java
than MS is with MS own products).

Any way, I agree that it is not wise to link your application to
a binary only libraries, with no open specification or open source.

If I do so, and the above company goes under tommorrow, I am stuck.

I thought people are smarter these days than to get themselves in this
predicement again.

Mitch