On Tue, 2010-10-12 at 23:36 -0700, Casper Bang wrote:
> > I actually didn't quite count
> > that out until this happened; IBM is a major player in the java space
> > who is utterly reliant on it. You'd expect they would not be happy
> > with Oracle strengthening their position of power over the platform.
> 
> Which begs the question, what kind of carrots did Oracle wave in front
> of IBM, in order to secure their allegiance?

I assume the changes in the JCP that IBM wanted and that caused it to
back Harmony in the first place.  And probably a bigger seat at high
table.

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