Comment Re:How negative... (Score 1) 457
> Ultimately Sun will decide who can collaborate on their own versions. They will maintain a centralized set of priorities, and contributors outside of Sun will be viewed as submitters of bug-reports that compile, not co-workers.
> This is not open source. This is a company, faced with extinction via open source, trying to hide in the tall grass.
I disagree. In the end, an open source project needs to have a benevolent dictator to decide what goes in and what doesn't. I recall Linus Torvalds's comment posted at the slashdot a while ago (http://www.lib.uaa.alaska.edu/linux-kernel/archiv e/2002-Week-44/0094.html), and in that, he pretty much says that he decides the direction of Linux. Billy Joy played a similar role back when he was working on BSD. Richard Stallman also plays a similar role in GNU world. In order for a project to move to a certain direction with speed and power, someone or some company needs to take a lead role.
Having said that, I support Sun's position. I personally like how they get involved in Java community. I like how they contribute to open source projects such as Tomcat. I like how they supported Tcl/Tk. I might not be disproving your point, but I want to say that I support Sun's position
> This is not open source. This is a company, faced with extinction via open source, trying to hide in the tall grass.
I disagree. In the end, an open source project needs to have a benevolent dictator to decide what goes in and what doesn't. I recall Linus Torvalds's comment posted at the slashdot a while ago (http://www.lib.uaa.alaska.edu/linux-kernel/archi
Having said that, I support Sun's position. I personally like how they get involved in Java community. I like how they contribute to open source projects such as Tomcat. I like how they supported Tcl/Tk. I might not be disproving your point, but I want to say that I support Sun's position
