On Thu, 2008-10-02 at 13:36 -0400, Cristian Rodríguez wrote:
Martin Schlander escribió:
I suggest to include Sun Java 1.5 in the non-oss repo for 11.1. And to make this repo available for testing before release.
I suggest you to talk your bank customer service, I guess they are not operating your accounts for free ;-)
I certainly endorse the idea of using an open software altnernative whenever reasonably possible. But to point the finger at others is to simply pass the buck. And when there appears to be a number of institutions which do not provide a service that is compatible with openJDK, we end up alienating portions of our userbase rather than the institution itself. There are many reasons why a banking institution may not have successfully transitioned to a more compatibile platform. Some of the reasons may be in fact downright boneheaded on their part. Regardless, businesses don't always turn on a dime when it comes to technology and I would suspect in this financial climate we're in, banking institutions would be less responsive to spending money to make changes when these days, getting money is like squeezing blood from a stone. I'd like to see a more transitional approach to openJDK so users don't get caught in the middle. For every one user here on the list, there are thousands of openSUSE downloaders out there who don't even participate on such lists to be aware of the changes in place and how to remedy it if it impacts them. Maybe you do have an effective transitional approach in mind, but it doesn't seem to be clearly defined to the community as this thread is not the first time I've heard of this issue in recent days from the community. Perhaps someone could explain it more clearly and alleviate the concerns some users here have, rather than passing the buck onto institutions which are often faceless and far less open than we are in this community. -- Bryen Yunashko Proud 2008 Candidate for openSUSE Board -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org