I wonder if this is an appropriate place to put this. I am disappointed that Sun created such a mess as this to begin with.
I might speculate relating to the open sourcing of Java that I think that Sun may have originally wanted and intended to fully open source Java including the TCK as was promised or at very least implied. I speculate that part way though doing so and with their financial situation getting bad that they were afraid of the loss of the revenue from licensing their Java technology where Sun really needed the money. I think that gave them cold feet. To be honest it is a reasonable position as I think as much as it would be better for the industry if Java was fully open, I think it is likely Sun would have lost money from the move. I like to think that Sun's actions were not malignant as such. Certainly some incompetence or strategy gone amiss. I think the likes of Simon Phipps really had hoped the TCK would be released. In the case of Oracle again it is likely about money but more of a cold business desire to make money back on their investment rather than a need to do so in order to survive. Oracle doesn't strike me as liking to subsidise projects with money made elsewhere compared to Google which repeatedly does so. Oracle is potentially going to pay for a Sun mistake. As I don't care for Oracle, I don't feel much sympathy. Perhaps that is cold of me. -- 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.
