On 10/13/10 08:52 , Russel Winder wrote:
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.
And the different ratio of powers. I mean, Sun was weak and IBM had
still hopes to win the TCK battle. Oracle is strong and "if you can't
beat them, make an alliance".
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