I here these days analysts saying Java will become proprietory again.
I don't see how Oracle will bennifit from this.
Openjdk in its current form is used in many small and big projects.
IBM have their own java interpriters.
And if at all Oracle does some thing with java, I really can't
understand what part will they make proprietory?
Will openjdk not be forked with some direct or indirect support from
organisations like IBM?
The recent fight between google and oracle seems to give an indication
that oracle is on its way to make java proprietory.
But IMHO this might not give Oracle any long term bennifit.
Hard to understand this situation.
Oracle is not a consumer company but an enterprise company and so the
clients are of a different category.
That's why making solaris totally closed again will certainly bennifit them.
Happy Hacking.
Krishnakant.
On Tuesday 31 August 2010 12:18 PM, jtd wrote:
On Tuesday 31 August 2010 10:58:47 Krittika wrote:
The Oracle-google fight is a little more complex.
http://www.betaversion.org/~stefano/linotype/news/110/
Sun released the JME under a "match-fixed" licence. This allows use of
gpld code for a execution on JME Jit compiler (aka JME engine).
However the jit compiler is not gpld. so any enhancements you may
require to the JME engine will require a licence and per seat costs.
To overcome this cost Google wrote Dalvik, which is a jit compiler
similar in principle to any other interpreter (mono/.net, java,
python), but with major enhancements for running on small devices AND
capable of using code running on java ME engine.
Dalvik is released under an Apache2.0 licence.
Google was involved with Sun in enhancing Java and JavaME. So Oracle
could claim patent violations and google could counter claim that
these were it's own developments anyway.
IMO, it will boil down to who signed what NDA.
Moral of the story: Those who live by the NDA are bled by it.
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