Check out the Oracle FAQ on the acquisition...you'll find it on the OTN homepage: http://www.oracle.com/technology/index.html
Interesting indeed... Josh Juneau [email protected] http://jj-blogger.blogspot.com http://www.gathereventplanning.com Twitter ID: javajuneau On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 6:03 PM, Scott Finnie <[email protected]>wrote: > > As an engineer first and foremost, it's kinda sad to see Sun go. I have > fond memories of Uni days, when access to a sparcstation was a key > factor in choosing my final year project :-) > > In the end however, inability to monetise Java has been crucial in Sun's > downfall. And maybe that's an upside to the Oracle acquisition: they > /really/ know how to make money - big, enterprisey money - from software > & services. > > A combination of Sun's undoubted engineering prowess with Oracle's > business acumen could be really powerful /if/ it can come together. > Here's hoping. > > And, since someone raised predictions, here's another: > > Oracle will realise JavaFX is a shining example of Sun's strengths and > weaknesses: interesting, well engineered technology that utterly fails > to understand market dynamics, constraints and opportunities. > > Oracle will kill it, and instead set up a strategic alliance with Adobe. > Flash/Flex/Air will be positioned as the UI platform. There'll be > statements of unifying the VMs: which, technically, will amount to not > much more than bundling them together for seamless deployment (maybe > taking advantage of the upcoming modularity improvements). > > Commercially however it'll be a success. Designers will lap up the > creative environment they know and love, developers get to exploit the > good ol' java platform, with renewed interest around the 2nd wave of jvm > languages. Oracle will re-build the Apps front ends using it - which > will give the combined platform huge penetration into and acceptance by > the enterprise market. Some of the nicer JavaFX features will be rolled > into subsequent releases of ActionScript. > > And Joe, finally, will get a proper Component model in the official > 'java' UI technology :-) > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
