Phillip Rhodes wrote:
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39149502,00.htm
Supposedly quoting directly from a high ranking Sun official... I'm still not sure I believe it though.
Now, according to this article:
http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0604sunnode.html
Sun are saying that it's still up in the air. That is, they don't come right out and say they are NOT going to open source Java, but they say "no decision has been made yet."
I would guess that there is considerable internal debate at Sun about this very issue... Obviously it's not a cut and dry thing, where one choice or the other is obviously correct.
I'm ambivalent about it myself, if for no other reason than the fact that there are *already* FOSS implementations of Java compilers, VM's and Class Libraries.
Which brings to mind an interesting point... if IBM wants Open Source Java so bad, why don't they either:
1. open source their own JDK
or
2. contribute to projects like GNU Classpath, GCJ, Kaffe, SableVM, etc.?
TTYL,
Phil
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