Comments on: As the Sun sets… http://roger.searjeant.net/wp/2009/04/as-the-sun-sets%e2%80%a6/ Sat, 05 Sep 2009 14:46:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: sinewalker http://roger.searjeant.net/wp/2009/04/as-the-sun-sets%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1/#comment-24 sinewalker Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:46:00 +0000 http://roger.searjeant.net/wp/2009/04/as-the-sun-sets%e2%80%a6/#comment-24 As the Sun sets, it's reassuring (to me at least) that all the good software you mention here is now OpenSource (as well as just Open which Sun has always been, and I see as it's greatest strength).<br /><br />I have a lot of respect for Oracle and not much fear about them abondoning things. My main concern personally is the value of my Sun certifications! :) <br /><br />If Oracle do abandon pet projects (MySQL comes to mind, but I'm not the COE or CTE...) we at least have the Freedom to fork and continue. Sure there will be pain, but the grass-roots spread far and fast on the Net. As the Sun sets, it’s reassuring (to me at least) that all the good software you mention here is now OpenSource (as well as just Open which Sun has always been, and I see as it’s greatest strength).

I have a lot of respect for Oracle and not much fear about them abondoning things. My main concern personally is the value of my Sun certifications! :)

If Oracle do abandon pet projects (MySQL comes to mind, but I’m not the COE or CTE…) we at least have the Freedom to fork and continue. Sure there will be pain, but the grass-roots spread far and fast on the Net.

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