I think it's more accurate to say that the linux community engineered around it. Think about the package distribution systems that have evolved: apt, yum, slackpkg, etc. Installing software on a linux distro is WAY easier than than installing software on my Mac. Compare running aptitude install MySQL to going to the MySQL website, downloading a dmg, and running an installer.
This kind of package management would never have evolved under the One True Dogma of Sun or Oracle. Windows still doesn't have it. Apple has finally put an App Store on OSX, but of course with their usual dictatorial flair.
Java is a dying community. This is 100% Sun's fault. The only flourishing parts of the Java ecosystem (Android and App Engine) are flourishing because they dared to speak heresy.
This kind of package management would never have evolved under the One True Dogma of Sun or Oracle. Windows still doesn't have it. Apple has finally put an App Store on OSX, but of course with their usual dictatorial flair.
Java is a dying community. This is 100% Sun's fault. The only flourishing parts of the Java ecosystem (Android and App Engine) are flourishing because they dared to speak heresy.