[OSM-talk] Java and freedom

[Jim Ley]

"Richard Fairhurst" <richard at systemeD.net> wrote in message 
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On 22 May 2006, at 17:29, David Sheldon wrote:

>> For most people the beer-freeness of Java, and the availability of
>> programming tools is sufficient to make it the tool of choice.
>
>If only Java really were free as in beer. It'll cost me £89 to run JOSM on 
>my Mac... because neither Apple nor Sun offer Java 1.5 for OS 10.3 (an OS 
>released just two-and-a-half years ago). :(

But that's a problem with Apple absolutely not being free, charging you for 
even minor dot upgrades of an operating system, given that you were happy to 
pay for the OS in the first place knowing that Apple do not give adequate to 
support to older versions you were accepting that you were going to have to 
pay to keep up to date.  Apple have never made a secret of it.

Jim.