Java and open-source: Interesting article over at
The Register, continuing the discussion on whether Sun should open-source Java. The thing that amazes me is that Sun appears to be choosing to be the big fish in an ever-diminishing pond, rather than have a bigger pond where everyone, including themselves, would grow beyond their current size. It looks like the fear of not being the biggest player in the Java market is more important than possibly growing bigger than they currently are, but relinquishing the market leader spot. Amazing. Did we learn nothing from the Unix wars in the 80's?
How long before Java3^WdotNet overtakes the market everywhere? How long has Java got before it becomes totally irrelevant?
I hope it doesn't happen. I like Java. I don't envy its future though.
Helium: My simple python photo management application might just have been superceeded by f-spot. My python might just end up being just more junkcode...