Hi Javaranchers, I'm back! (btw in my earlier post, did I mention that "I'LL BE BACK"?)
Okay, so the smart guys at Javaranch figured out that the post at the link mentioned was a joke. But, what they obviously did not figure out was that my post was a joke too!!! Well not exactly a joke, but a way of sharing a joke with all of you. Instead of just flatly pointing you to the link, I thought why not make this little more exciting, and all of us can have a BIG LAUGH.
But what do I get...
By the way, "Jerry Maguire" is obviously a fictitious name in violation of the JavaRanch naming
policy (another text it would benefit you to read carefully). Normally we don't enforce this in the Meaningless Drivel forum, but since you spammed four other groups with this "information" the rule very much applies to you. We also strongly discourage posting identical posts to multiple groups - see our FAQ for more info.
It has been said that the two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity - I'm not sure about the hydrogen part, but evidently there's no shortage of the latter.
So dear friend Jim is calling me gullible (btw Jim, the dictionary joke was a good one, you sure pulled one on me... Ha Ha Ha), stupid and who knows what else. SAD.
Aww c'mon guys, are we supposed to wear black when posting or reading posts from Javaranch? I am sorry that I did not read the faq, and posted in four forums. But please tell me a way of sharing something with everyone on Javaranch. I can swear with my hand on my heart that my intention was NOT to SPAM.
Anyways, Thomas Paul seems to be a nice and sensible guy, he did not call any names on me, and he wants to get down to some business. I really appreciate him because that is the way to go. i.e have a good laugh on the joke, and try to bring out something meaningful out of the whole thing.
Here are my thoughts on Sun turning over Java to a standards organization:
I had heard that Sun WAS going to turn over Java to a Standars organization, but pulled out at the 11th hour. The probable reason was that Sun was afraid of losing "control" over Java. So Sun formed the JCP (Java Commounity Process), which seems to be working fine for them.
I have some queries here.
- Could someone enlighten me on the "Standards" process?
- Would Sun really lose "control" (what is that supposed to mean anyways?) over Java once Java became a standard?
- What are the pros and cons of Java becoming a standard?
I am sorry for the unusually long post, and I hope that I am forgiven for the mistakes which I made, and also for those mistakes which I did not make!
Yours Truly,
Jerry "Money" Maguire.