Sun Pours Out Java Cup

[Ric Moore]

On Mon, 2006-11-13 at 18:45 -0500, Temlakos wrote:
> Kurt Wall wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 05:36:12PM -0500, Ric Moore wrote:
> > 
> >>>On Monday 13 November 2006 19:05, temlakos at gmail.com wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>Sun did it! They released all versions of Java under GNU GPL v2. Read
> >>>>this article for the details. Now: what will happen to the GNU Compiler
> >>>>for Java (gcj)? Will they be able to use Sun's own Java code to make the
> >>>>project fully compatible with all the Java applications built with Sun's
> >>>>version? Or will gcj give way completely to the presently built Java
> >>>>Development Kit? Will a fully Sun-compatible Java development
> >>>>environment be available for Fedora Core 7? 6? 
> >>
> >>Praise GAWD! <gibbers thankfully> Ric
> > 
> > 
> > I'm simply stunned. Delighted, to be sure, but stunned. Not that Ric
> > is gibbering thankfully -- he usually gibbers with little provocation --
> > but that Sun actually released Java under the GPL.
> > 
> > Kurt
> 
> Well, you can believe it. The news came to me from eWeek, and they don't 
> usually miss. I'm waiting with bated breath for Steve Vaughn-Nichols to 
> comment on this.
> 
> I agree--this is H-U-G-E.

Well, this is as good a thread as any to post one minor miracle that
also happened today. I was ranting and distraught to have lost all of
my /var/www backup on one of those ill-fated Dvd's. I was really really
really bummed as some of the content was a writer's write once affair
that I really didn't want to have to try to replicate. I was more afraid
I couldn't. 

You tell me, it's all back! Every file and every project with pics and
stuff related to www.wayward4now.net. It's not up yet as I haven't
gotten a static IP yet, and I just might find a higher speed server farm
setup to put it on, but here's the little miracle. I still can't mount
that Dvd! I did a clean install, the drives reformated and /opt is
empty. Stuff happens and you just give thanks to the Creator. Somehow it
burped long enough to restore. I am blown away. Java happens and my
little site is ready for primetime. 

The Universe provides folks, on it's own schedule not ours. Peace, Ric