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Sun yanks FreeBSD's Java licenseSun yanks FreeBSD's Java licensePosted Jan 11, 2005 20:55 UTC (Tue) by error27 (subscriber, #8346)In reply to: Sun yanks FreeBSD's Java license by dang Parent article: Sun yanks FreeBSD's Java license
If you only run Free software then Java is a reall pain.
It's not just that the Free java tools suck, it's that they suck in different incompatible ways. Code that works under gcj doesn't work with jikes and vice-versa.
At least if you use Mono under Linux and you distribute your code to someone else who uses Mono under Linux then you have a chance the the code will run on both systems.
For massive dedicated installations you just install Sun's non-Free JAVA, do your work, get paid and try to find something fullfilling to do in your free time. That's OK. But I still see java used for stuff like ICQ clients and source code analysis tools and people expect them to work under Debian. That's just not happenning.
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