This is troubling.
Back in September, Oracle's about-face on opening up the
Java spec suggested they were going to go all Microsoft on us.
I was guardedly optimistic about the recent
announcement of an Oracle-IBM partnership in OpenJDK.
Would Google, Apache and other big Java players soon join
the team? But this latest news puts that in a new light
and argues against some kind of openness thaw at Oracle.
It is not that different from what BEA was doing with
JRockit, which is a licensed product. Still, you can't help
wondering about Oracle's true intentions towards
free-as-in-beer Java.
Update: Feeling the love from Apache.
More: The Coming War over the Future of Java.
Funny
Apache vs. Oracle: A New Front in the Java War
Flame throwing Apache flees Oracle's Java group
Here's kind of a contrarian perspective from Ted Neward:
Thoughts on an Apple/Java divorce.
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