blog.enrii.com — Robert Brewin of Sun Microsystems revealed that open-sourcing of Java programming language will be done incrementally. However, they are still having problem on how to keep Java compatible, and how to ensure that no company uses market forces for its own implementation, a move that would threaten Java's 'write once, run anywhere' mantra.
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kingadrockJul 20, 2006
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tmccJul 20, 2006
Sun is definately WAY, WAY ahead of Microsoft in terms of open source:NFSOpenOffice.orgSolarisLooking GlassSun Grid Engineand I'm sure I'm missing quite a few
gerkinJul 20, 2006
Yet _another_ media grab from Sun about Java. I say s**t or get off the pot. Tired of hearing about this stuff. If they are going to open soource it then please do so. It's been years that this discussion has been going on. At this point int he game java is getting long in the tooth and has really lost sight of it's initial goals, with things like the M$ jvm mucking up the whole idea behind it.... and of course a good majority of the intranet applications I've seen are done with the M$ jvm ... so what's the point? Why not just write them as .NET or whatever since they are NOT portable at that point in time.
geronimoJul 20, 2006
All I can say to that: fork anyone who forks java.
Closed AccountJul 20, 2006
Cool, I can't wait to play with the code. I Just hope companies don't try to modify it and sell it.
scrufflesJul 21, 2006
Here's the problem... what single api will everyone want in a light weight java runtime for the web? Swing. What does Swing depend on? Everything in the current JRE.
gedmarcJul 25, 2006
dont be daft, the only thing not open source about java is the JVM