Java Reference
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Chapter 24
Parting Shots
We try to wrap this whole thing up, talk about the future, and beg for
your help.
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Our crystal ball is a bit foggy, though. Linux is a moving target, and so is Java.
In a twist of fate that few could have predicted, the Mono project has a .NET
development platform for Linux (and, in fact, for most UNIX-like operating
systems). Sun has been talking about open-sourcing Java.
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New languages and
tools emerge all the time. Heck, Geronimo popped up during the research and
writing of this very book, while JBoss was the first to pass the Compatibility
Test Suite for J2EE. Two minor and one major Java release happened during
the writing of this topic. A major Linux kernel release occurred. Naught endures
but mutability. (The only constant is change.)
1. And may we drop all pretense of objectivity and say “Go, Sun! Go! Open it up!”
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