> Without Sun Microsystems, OpenOffice.org wouldn´t exist, and
> Stardivision Gmbh would be another "me too" developer of a closed
> source, Office wannabe
Ah, the power of the subjunctive mood. But two can play at that game. If StarDivision hadn't been acquired by Sun -- and hadn't taken off on its own -- and and and -- something else would have come along.
> Without Sun Microsystems opposing Microsoft Passport, all our site
> passwords would be hosted at Microsoft´s servers by now.
When thieves fall out...
> I use Java apps on a daily basis, on my phone (GMail Mobile, Google
> Maps for Mobile), Azureus / Vuze P2P on my desktop, Java image Editor
> for bitmaps, etc.
All of which could have been implemented better and more quickly in Python or Ruby or, hell, C++. Java didn't make the apps possible; it just bought enough corporate mindshare to become the default implementation platform.
> Yes, I hold Sun in very high regard, unlike IBM which turned itself
> in just a services firm without anything resembling a software
> strategy.
Remind me: what exactly was Sun's "software strategy", apart from getting everybody to use their software?
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