Re: The ASF Resigns From the JCP Executive Committee

[Jim Oberholtzer <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Or RPG!! Agreed!!

However the question will be, how much does it cost to keep using Java 
if, and only if, Oracle gets crazy and starts asking for licensing 
fees.  As Joe pointed out, lots of smoke, but like with all fires that 
are very smoky, once the ventilation starts and fresh air gets to the 
source of the heat, the fire pops up with a vengeance.  FUD yes, but a 
topic to keep an eye on.  If I were a software vendor getting ready to 
start a new project, I would think twice about Java at this point.  
It'll be several years before this gets decided.

Jim Oberholtzer
CEO/Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects, LLC


On 12/9/2010 5:01 PM, Dean, Robert wrote:
> At this point, with the ginormous mountain of Java code out there, replacing Java would be about as difficult as replacing COBOL.