Remember IBM Charged for Java Runtime for OS/2

Posted Jan 11, 2005 2:59 UTC (Tue) by huffd (guest, #10382)
Parent article: Sun yanks FreeBSD's Java license

IBM just couldn't drown it's child fast enough. After Warp4 came out with imbeded Java, IBM had to come up with a better plan for killing OS/2. So they started charging for the RUNTIME (binaries/libraries).

As long as Java is not properly licensed to benefit all. Sun can manipulate ANY of it's competitors.

Having worked with both, you'd be far better off using MONO.