Why does it worth sun to give java sdk away for free?  
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levilista@gmail.com





PostPosted: 2007-3-29 3:04:00 Top

java-programmer, Why does it worth sun to give java sdk away for free? Why does it worth sun to give java sdk away for free? Is there any
catch? If I'm developing commercial java applications, do I have to
pay a royalty? (As far as I know, not, but I'd like to be sure of
that. )

 
Eric Sosman





PostPosted: 2007-3-29 7:54:00 Top

java-programmer >> Why does it worth sun to give java sdk away for free? email***@***.com wrote:
> Why does it worth sun to give java sdk away for free? Is there any
> catch? If I'm developing commercial java applications, do I have to
> pay a royalty? (As far as I know, not, but I'd like to be sure of
> that. )

It is a nefarious plot. If you use Sun's "free" JDK,
you will discover too late that Sun owns all the rights to
everything you develop with it, and to your first-born male
child.

I do not offer a free JDK: I charge money for it. But
I don't attach weird conditions to the bargain; once you pay
me the money, you get the JDK to use as you please, no strings
attached. You get to keep what you develop with the JDK you
purchase from me, and you get to keep your first-born male
child. A perfectly wholesome and above-board commercial
transaction.

The choice is yours: Spend no money at all and get Sun's
JDK but give up all your rights to the products of your labor
and your loins, or spend a perfectly reasonable fee and get a
JDK free and clear of all encumbrances.

How much is the "reasonable fee?" Well, levlista, how
much have you got?

;-)

--
Eric Sosman
email***@***.com
 
John W. Kennedy





PostPosted: 2007-3-29 10:11:00 Top

java-programmer >> Why does it worth sun to give java sdk away for free? email***@***.com wrote:
> Why does it worth sun to give java sdk away for free? Is there any
> catch? If I'm developing commercial java applications, do I have to
> pay a royalty? (As far as I know, not, but I'd like to be sure of
> that. )

Sun is a minority vendor. People who write their Windows software in
Java can switch to Sun systems with relatively little effort. It's for
the same reason that Sun sponsors OpenOffice.org.

--
John W. Kennedy
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it humiliates. You may come to think murder wrong, because it is
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