And you can push the analogy with library and modules <=> eclipse plugins/distribution (poor RAD). For me the most important part for the future is a modular JDK/JRE. Sun needs to set free a "Java micro-kernel" foundation and they may keep the juicy JEE and JavaFX add-ons. The "Java mocro-kernel" will be the JVM and the language without much of the JDK libraries. Basically, all JSR-277 (or OSGi :) modules of the JDK itself that can be removed should be. Then no more real need for forking the OpenJDK on a SwingX issue...
BTW: I suspect SUN to have this vision in mind when they keep postponing the Java 7 JSR? Hope it will come one day! On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 11:07 AM, Neil Bartlett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > I very much like Carl's prescription for fixing the mess that Java is > in, i.e. handing it over to an independent foundation. > > Now here's a thought experiment. Perform a search/replace on what Carl > said, replacing Sun with IBM and replacing Java with Eclipse. The > result describes almost exactly what actually happened in 2003-04! IBM > set Eclipse free, and as a result its popularity and importance grew > far faster than would have been the case if they had insisted on a > "first amongst equals" position. Ultimately this benefited IBM just as > much as it benefited the rest of the Eclipse community. > > Of course in an independent Java Foundation, Sun would still be the > biggest contributor and thus a very important voice, as IBM is in the > Eclipse Foundation. > > > -- http://www.jfrog.org/ http://freddy33.blogspot.com/ http://nothingisinfinite.blogspot.com/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
