Sun’s Java is going open source. Sun has been a supporter of open source but we never did see Java become open source itself.
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Following through on a promise it made earlier this month, Sun confirmed at the JavaOne conference in San Francisco Tuesday that it would open the source code to Java, but said it needs the community’s help in getting it done to prevent fragmentation of the technology.
“The question is not whether we will open-source Java, the question is how,” Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz said during his opening keynote. His statement followed a similar one by Rich Green, Sun’s executive vice president of software, but neither provided any specific timeline for the move.
Source: BetaNews
Finally, Java becomes open source. Frankly speaking, I don’t think this would cause much of an impact. Java is already popular and making it open source is perhaps just a movement to shut the critics up. Plus, some people actually thought Java is open source already.
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