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• fear, uncertainty, doubt
  2003-05-10 15:35:37  mentata [View]
  
  
  Even as we don't agree on everything, we seen to represent exactly what Sun is trying to stamp out. That response about the bankruptcy of fighting FUD with FUD hit home, so I have to say...
  
  I like Sun. I've always admired McNealy. I don't think Sun ONE is bad at all (even though I took issue with pricing and availability). I think J2EE represents the beginning of one of the most significant revolutions in software design paradigm. I love Java and want it to move forward. I think the JCP is a great vehicle for doing so.
  
  I'm a Sun shareholder for chrissake. This isn't FUD. I don't want them to fail, I just want them to behave better.
  
  Call me a revisionary idiot (many do), but given the current landscape I think it's *crucial* for people to do things off-track with Java. I think the current Sun is playing a heavy hand where it could be encouraging with a lot less effort or acrimony. As an open source developer, I don't need money or publicity. I don't want access to smoke-filled rooms, iForce channel partners, or customer mailing lists. And I definitely don't want a deep discount on SunFire boxes.
  
  I want coexistence and perhaps even synergy. It's not impossible or even difficult. Consider the outcome if David and Goliath were on the same side.
  
  The bit that says it all to me:
  
  LM: Do you think it's important to have a certified Open Source J2EE implementation?
  
  SM: I don't know what that means.
• fear, uncertainty, doubt
  2003-05-19 09:21:29  anonymous2 [View]
  
  
  Its one thing to spread FDU its quite another to spread FDU about JCP being better than OpenSourc ewith ther OpenSource Proejct contributors that SUn invited to the JCP as members of the JCP to debunk this FUD from SUn in the first place!
  
  SUn does know better than to do such a bd PR and Marketing step and they do knwo how to behave better.. Its a matter of they think they do not have to.. however the price of intel machines compared to SUN machines indicates that belief is a fallacy