Java™ Application Development on Linux - Dator

Chapter 24Parting ShotsWe try to wrap this whole thing up, talk about the future, and beg foryour help.24.1THE FUTURE’S SO BRIGHT, I SQUINT AND LOOK CONFUSEDOur 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 .NETdevelopment platform for Linux (and, in fact, for most UNIX-like operatingsystems). Sun has been talking about open-sourcing Java. 1 New languages andtools emerge all the time. Heck, Geronimo popped up during the research andwriting of this very book, while JBoss was the first to pass the CompatibilityTest Suite for J2EE. Two minor and one major Java release happened duringthe writing of this book. A major Linux kernel release occurred. Naught enduresbut mutability. (The only constant is change.)1. And may we drop all pretense of objectivity and say “Go, Sun! Go! Open it up!”521