Re: To static or not to static

If I have a class such as:
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public class MyClass
{
 public MyClass()
 {
    super();
 }

 public void printThis(String parm)
 {
   System.out.println(parm);
 }
}
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I can run the method like this:

(new MyClass()).printThis("Hello World");

Since printThis only uses passed parameters, I could also have this:
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public class MyClass
{
 public MyClass()
 {
    super();
 }

 public static void printThis(String parm)
 {
   System.out.println(parm);
 }
}
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and then I can run the method like this:

MyClass.printThis("Hello World");

Both ways are valid, and functionally equivalent. The main difference
being that the first way instantiates a class whereas the second does
not.

Thoughts?